by Brand83 November 2, 2022
Ta-dah! comes from the Bulgarian or Slavic words for "ta + da" (та да!)meaning "that there". It is an exclamation used in magic shows (prestidigitation) by magicians to announce the conclusion of the trick or the illusion to the audience.
The equivalent to 'Voila!' in French. It was likely a Bulgarian or Russian magician (definitely Eastern European) traveling in the United States that said it (likely in the late 1800's when Eastern European immigrants started flooding to American shores).
An American likely heard it and thought it sounded usuable for showmanship, without knowing what it was. та да! Then magicians everywhere started using it as a handle or a gimic because it sounded more impressive than saying "There you have it!" in English.
The Bible in Bulgarian, shows this sort of usage: "Behold!" "Voila!" and "та да!" Mean roughly the same thing. It is often used as an introductory to a sentence, mainly where God is speaking, but by itself is showmanship flourish.
The Bible in Bulgarian is written in Old Church Slavonic. Since Russian & Slavic culture manifest traveling circuses & magic shows in abundance, they a clever saying for presentation purposes. Once it reached America, however, the nuances of the actual original meaning in that culture changed for American ears to promote magic with magic sounding words. So, thanks to an ingenious Eastern European magician, magic got what it needed to become a permanent part of American pop culture.
The equivalent to 'Voila!' in French. It was likely a Bulgarian or Russian magician (definitely Eastern European) traveling in the United States that said it (likely in the late 1800's when Eastern European immigrants started flooding to American shores).
An American likely heard it and thought it sounded usuable for showmanship, without knowing what it was. та да! Then magicians everywhere started using it as a handle or a gimic because it sounded more impressive than saying "There you have it!" in English.
The Bible in Bulgarian, shows this sort of usage: "Behold!" "Voila!" and "та да!" Mean roughly the same thing. It is often used as an introductory to a sentence, mainly where God is speaking, but by itself is showmanship flourish.
The Bible in Bulgarian is written in Old Church Slavonic. Since Russian & Slavic culture manifest traveling circuses & magic shows in abundance, they a clever saying for presentation purposes. Once it reached America, however, the nuances of the actual original meaning in that culture changed for American ears to promote magic with magic sounding words. So, thanks to an ingenious Eastern European magician, magic got what it needed to become a permanent part of American pop culture.
by PolyglotGuy June 30, 2018
The GUY, most likely Lithuanian, very sweet, but very cringe. Cute, but hard nut to crack. His sense of humor is highly developed but, how wouldn't it be, only 0.005 % of population could get it, of which 50% wouldn't even try. How ever, if you do - you just can't get enough of it. According to the research of NIHS and Harvard behavioral researcher committee of foosball, holder of this name is a potential alcoholic, so will always have an excuse for a beer.
by Titukas December 28, 2022
by Kronique February 25, 2005
Tactical Air Defense Alerting System, aka T.A.D.A.S.
Or a Lithuanian boys name. Origin is from the bible, Thaddeus, one of the apostles.
Or a Lithuanian boys name. Origin is from the bible, Thaddeus, one of the apostles.
by Tadas S October 12, 2006
The magician made the panda bear turn into an elderly lady covered in maple syrup... The audience was in awe as the magic man released a massive "TADA!!".
by John Edward September 21, 2007