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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Pumpkinification #79663 09/04/2002 9:06 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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! http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen.apoc.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted 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 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,323 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,166 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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