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Word: fattamus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then, out of the blue, he comes up with a complicated name like "hippopotamus." I mean, even "elephant" was stretching things a bit, and "kangaroo" was a positive extreme. But "hippopotamus"??? I said to him, "Couldn't you just call it a 'fat' or, at most, a 'fattamus?' But no, the guy was hung-up on "hippopotamus...

Author: By Hank Greenspan, | Title: Cidergate: After the Fall | 9/25/1973 | See Source »

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