hoodoo, v. (OED 1868) 1858 Daily Butte Record (Oroville, Cal.) 16 Apr. 2/3 (Newspapers.com) D. Hume, the "mejum," has been to Holland, and has "hoo-dooed" the queen of that land of dykes. Fred Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org