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Franklin W. Cain <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Where did you come up with the name "Fibblesnork"
According to OED, "snork" is either a snort or grunting noise or a young
pig. (It's also apparently Australian and N.Z. slang for a baby.) Or as a
verb, it means to snore or to snort or grunt (especially for the noises made
by horses and pigs.)
And again according to OED, "fibble" is derived from fib (see entry
"fibling"). It's a verb meaning "to tell little fibs".
So "fibblesnork" is either a pig that tells mostly-trivial lies, or perhaps
a verb meaning "to make a snorting sound in an untruthful or misleading
way".
I am not making this up.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) LOL!!! I just liked the way the 'bble' sounded. I've always liked words like "rubble" (Barney Rubble) and "bubble", and there supposedly was a video game by Toru Iwatani (the creator of Pac-Man) named "Libble Rabble." A friend of mine actually (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Todd and/or Suzanne, Just out of idle curiosity. . . . Where did you come up with the name "Fibblesnork" anyhow? Thanks, Franklin Franklin W. Cain | fwcain@yahoo.com | (URL) | (URL) OF MY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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