http://www.gangster-of-love.com/pompitous.html... not to mention - "pismotality".
The url above explains it all, however, unlike misheard lyrics (of which there is also a website collection somewhere) does anyone else have any words that were originated in song?
the Beatles didn't originate it, but they tried to popularize "pataphysical"; instead they ended up with just another mondegreen (JAM).
Joan was quizzical
studied pataphysical
science in the home...
-Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Lennon/McCartney
does anyone else have any words that were originated in song?
Doats. Doo-dah. Topses. Trudum. Wolly.
Then there's the "controversial" lyric from the days of relative innocence, when The Standells printed fuggers as the word of dubiosity they used as a euphemism for the obvious in their hit, Dirty Water. Some folks contended they said thuggers, which made some sense in the context of the lyrics, others boringly said it was muggers, but most folks thought they sang the F-word and just printed fuggers on the sheet music to cover it. There are only four citations for fuggers on OneLook which don't fit the usage here, so this is prety much a nonsense word in this context. Here's the lyrics:
Yeah, down by the river
Down by the banks of the river Charles (aw, that's what's happenin' baby)
That's where you'll find me
Along with lovers, fuggers, and thieves (aw, but they're cool people)
Well I love that dirty water
--The Standells, Dirty Water, 1966
from the American Heritage Dictionary:
Awopbopaloobopawopbamboom.
Hey kids rock and roll.
Welwyn Garden City - An Island In The Setting Sun
I thought in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" the line was "studied metaphysical..."
...cranberry sauce...
I thought in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" the line was "studied metaphysical..."ditto. Huh. Seems to me, with the, ahem, poverty of enunciation going on among many modern singers, songs may not be the best place to try to introduce new vocabulary or new concepts....
'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.
>thought.. the line was "studied metaphysical..."
thus the reference to "mondegreen". YCLIU.
Supercallifragilisticexpialidotious. (sp.?)
From the Soundtrack of a very popular 70's movie:
Ramma lamma lamma ka dingity ding da dong
Shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yippity boom da boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop
Yip da dip da dip shoo bop sha dooby do
Boogy boogy boogy boogy shooby sho wap sho wap
Sha na na na na na na na yippity dip da do
Ramma lamma lamma ka dingity ding da dong
Shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yippity boom sha boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop
Yip da dip da dip shoo bopp sha dooby do
Boogy boogy boogy boogy shooby sho wap sho wap
Sha na na na na na na na yippity dip da do
A womp bop a looma a womp bam boom
Ok, Chemeng, I say you get the prize! Consolation prize to byb for the longest made-up word!
I don't know, that was pretty greasy...
I have a feeling that if you translated that paragraph, it would be something
scatalogical.
