Feb. 27th, 2010

Tumbarumba

Feb. 27th, 2010 08:57 am
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I came across a lovely word today while wandering around the web. Tumbarumba.  It's when one word is inserted into  another like Sheridan's 'Abso- fragging- lutely' , and, as one might expect, it has an Australian origin.  I rather liked the poem that is the likely derivation for it.

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