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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: ginormous epistrophy68 #199969 05/22/11 11:34 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 AHD4 says jumbo is, perhaps from the slang term meaning 'clumsy fellow'. Etymonline takes it one step further, suggesting that the slang term is from a West African language word for elephant. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Jumbo epistrophy68 05/20/11 02:12 PM Re: Jumbo tsuwm 05/20/11 02:58 PM Re: Jumbo BranShea 05/20/11 04:09 PM Re: Jumbo LukeJavan8 05/20/11 05:40 PM Re: Jumbo BranShea 05/20/11 06:32 PM Re: Jumbo LukeJavan8 05/20/11 08:21 PM Re: Jumbo Jackie 05/21/11 03:14 AM Re: Jumbo Tromboniator 05/21/11 11:04 AM Re: ginormous zmjezhd 05/21/11 11:34 AM Re: ginormous BranShea 05/21/11 10:17 PM Re: ginormous tsuwm 05/21/11 11:33 PM Re: ginormous Candy 05/22/11 09:49 AM Re: ginormous Jackie 05/23/11 02:00 AM Re: ginormous BranShea 05/23/11 09:22 PM Re: ginormous Candy 05/26/11 01:20 PM Re: ginormous LukeJavan8 05/26/11 03:06 PM Re: ginormous Jackie 05/27/11 01:45 AM Re: ginormous LukeJavan8 05/27/11 02:51 PM Re: ginormous Faldage 05/22/11 11:34 AM Re: ginormous zmjezhd 05/22/11 01:12 PM Re: ginormous BranShea 05/22/11 08:42 PM Re: ginormous LukeJavan8 05/22/11 09:47 PM Re: ginormous Faldage 05/23/11 11:02 AM Re: ginormous LukeJavan8 05/23/11 03:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,023 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 513 guests, and 17 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 11 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,974 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,959 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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