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#126993 04/07/04 02:00 PM

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rubber baby buggy bumper kinda bounce.
What???? [confused-e]

It's a tongue twister. I think I first heard it in a Warner Brother's cartoon or a Rocky and Bullwinkle episode. It's a good example of the ambiguity of compunds: e.g., "ancient history teacher" is it the teacher that is ancient or the history? I assume the compound breaks down as

[rubber [[baby buggy] bumpers]]

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RED rubber baby buggy bumpers AnnaStrophic 04/27/04 01:13 PM

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