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Word: umfumfumfu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...recently walked all the way from the interior of the Congo to see Alick Nkata, a young CABS singer. Having stayed three weeks as a house guest, the man left, saying, "Now I can tell my village that I alone have seen Big Mouth." One announcer is known as Umfumfumfu (Man WTho Never Gets Tired of Talking). Another is called Maker of Jokes That Sometimes Are Funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Iron That Catches Words | 6/25/1956 | See Source »

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