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Re: Pumpkinification

#79663 09/04/2002 9:06 AM

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Faldage

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Faldage

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coined by Robert *Graves no less

Graves? I don't think so. B&M OED gives 1856 for the first citation. It's a translation of Seneca's word apocolocyntosis from his tribute to the god Claudius upon his death, APOCOLOCYNTOSIS DIVI CLAVDII. And *he got it from the Greek apokolokyntosis, transformation into a pumpkin. Ain't *that some pumpkins!

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some pumpkins WhitmanO'Neill 09/03/2002 7:39 PM

Re: some pumpkins tsuwm 09/03/2002 8:24 PM

Re: some pumpkins WhitmanO'Neill 09/03/2002 8:58 PM

Re: some pumpkins tsuwm 09/03/2002 9:05 PM

Re: some pumpkins WhitmanO'Neill 09/03/2002 9:19 PM

Re: Pumpkinification Faldage 09/04/2002 9:06 AM

Depumpkinification? FishonaBike 09/04/2002 9:14 AM

Re: Depumpkinification? Jackie 09/04/2002 11:40 AM

Re: Pumpkinification AnnaStrophic 09/04/2002 12:20 PM

Re: Pumpkinification tsuwm 09/04/2002 3:53 PM

Re: Pumpkinification Faldage 09/04/2002 4:00 PM

Re: Pumpkinification Faldage 09/04/2002 5:00 PM

Re: Pumpkinification AnnaStrophic 09/04/2002 5:19 PM

Re: Pumpkinification WhitmanO'Neill 09/04/2002 6:00 PM

Re: some pumpkins Jackie 09/04/2002 2:12 AM

Re: some pumpkins WhitmanO'Neill 09/04/2002 3:08 AM

Re: some pumpkins wwh 09/08/2002 1:54 PM

Re: some pumpkins--citations! WhitmanO'Neill 09/22/2002 3:01 PM

Re: some pumpkins--citations! consuelo 09/23/2002 2:23 AM

Calabazas Bobyoungbalt 09/23/2002 2:57 AM

Re: Calabazas WhitmanO'Neill 09/23/2002 3:33 PM

Re: Calabazas milum 09/23/2002 5:10 PM

Re: Jimmy Durante WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/2002 6:00 PM

been wrong before... wofahulicodoc 09/24/2002 8:26 PM

Re: been wrong before... WhitmanO'Neill 09/25/2002 1:30 AM

Urban legend or true factoid? wofahulicodoc 09/23/2002 4:47 PM

Re: some pumpkins TEd Remington 09/04/2002 6:20 PM

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