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What is a zzxjoanw and where is it from?
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#43695. Asked by peasypod.
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Kainantu
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A miniature ceremonial drum.
Book: Earth by David Brin
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McGruff
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It is a Maori drum, so would be from New Zealand.
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macolyte
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In 1903, Rupert Hughes compiled a booked called the "Music Lovers' Encyclopedia" and finished up the Dictionary of Terms section by falsely inserting this "word". It has been debunked many times over, most notably by Philip Cohen in "What's the Good Word?" in the November 1976 "Word Ways".
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