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Skill so advanced nobody wants to admit it's just practice.
means Exceptional skill or cleverness that produces results so impressive they seem to defy ordinary explanation.
from Built from 'wizard' plus the suffix '-ry' (as in 'rivalry' or 'husbandry'), denoting a practice or domain. 'Wizard' itself traces back to Middle English 'wys' or 'wis,' meaning wise — a wizard was originally just 'a wise one,' long before the pointy hat and spellbook got attached to the job.
- etymology
- from wise plus the suffix for state or craft
- tech slang
- any code nobody else can debug
- compliment trap
- calling it magic excuses you from learning it
- real secret
- nine parts repetition, one part showmanship