n., pl., -jos, or -joes.
1. A magic charm or spell.
2. An amulet, often a small flannel bag containing one or more magic items, worn by adherents of hoodoo or voodoo.
3. Personal magnetism; charm.
If your mojo is working, you lead a charmed life. That's because mojo, in its original sense, is a charm, kept in a cloth bag. [...] If your mojo is working, you have sex appeal. But if someone else touches or even sees your mojo, it can lose its power. [...] Nowadays the word is widely used, often with no reference to a magical cloth bag but simply meaning power, influence, or advantage.
And the slang...
1. magic or spells. (Assumed to originate with African slaves. Very old.) The old lady was said to possess powerful "mojo" which the others feared her for.
2. power; charisma. She seemed to radiate a penetrating mojo that made her easy to deal with.
3. sex appeal; sex drive. Man, does he have mojo to spare!
4. heroin; morphine; cannabis. (Drugs.) Why don't you try to kick the mojo?
5. a narcotics addict. (Drugs.) These mojos will rob you blind if you don't keep an eye on them.
E agora pergunto eu... Do you think I have it?
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