Tumbarumba

[watervole]

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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[sallymn.livejournal.com]

:) I've been doing it for years without knowing there's a word for it...

Have also been to the rather nice town of the same name.