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From: mjn@teddy.UUCP (Mark J. Norton)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.jokes
Subject: Re: odd definitions
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Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 09:28:43 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 19 09:28:43 1985
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> Webster's 2nd unabridged dictionary actually contains the following
> definitions:
> 
> pooh'-pooh'  A reduplication of pooh.
> 
> pooh'-pooh', or pooh'pooh' the'o.ry  The theory that language orginated in
> 	interjections which gradually acquired meaning.  Cf. BOWWOW THEORY,
> 	DINGDONG THEORY
> -- 
> Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
> aka Swazoo Koolak


	In some areas of publishing, it can be difficult to prove that
someone is copying your work.  Often publishers producing things like
maps, or dictionaries will put bogus entries into the work.  This is
somewhat akin to tagging substances with radioisotopes.

	I believe you have stumbled across one of these tracer-tags.  More
can be found if you look hard, but usually very few are included.  It
can also be fun to look for places on maps which do not really exist.

	Mark J. Norton
	decvax!genrad!panda!mjn