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Jun 9, 2015
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A farmer paying his newspaper subscription to the Podunk Weekly Bugle with farm produce
Cartoon: F.S. Church; Harper’s Weekly; Jan 17, 1874
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with Anu Gargpodunk
PRONUNCIATION:
(POH-dungk)
MEANING:
noun: A small, unimportant town.
ETYMOLOGY:
Podunk is the name of a river and a native tribe in Connecticut. Over
time the name came to be used for several small towns including a mythical
small and insignificant town. Earliest documented use: 1657.
USAGE:
“His spin on ‘America’s Next Top Model’: take two wannabe club kids from
Podunk towns and with no money, plunk them down in New York with $1,000.” Kevin Gray; After Prison, No After-Hours; The New York Times; May 15, 2014. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. -Cole Porter, composer and songwriter (9 Jun 1893-1964)
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