Entertainment Lingo

noun a term used to describe magic or trickery, often associated with sleight of hand or illusion

adjective used to describe something as deceptive or illusory

• The magician performed a series of intricate hocus-pocus tricks that left the audience in awe.
• I don't believe in all that hocus-pocus magic stuff.
• Stop trying to pull that hocus-pocus on me, I know what you're up to.
• The politician's promises turned out to be nothing but hocus-pocus to win votes.

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

• The lights were turned off in order to conserve energy.
• I turned off the TV before leaving the room.
• I turned off my alarm and went back to sleep.
• She turned off her emotions after the breakup.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

conjunction a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

article a word that specifies a noun as definite or indefinite

• He appeared to be all hat and no cattle when it came to his knowledge of the subject matter.
• Don't listen to him, he's just all hat and no cattle.
• She talks a big game but she's really just too much hat and not enough cattle.
• His grand plans were impressive on the surface, but in reality, he was all hat and no cattle.