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    This made-up word was once famously used to describe an act of nature whereby symbolizing the falling out of a notably well known couple. What is the word, and who was the author?

    Question #57456. Asked by peasypod. (May 31 05 8:44 PM)


    raguhljr

    "bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk", the first of the thunderwords in Finnegan's Wake, by James Joyce, signified "The fall(bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk) of a once wallstrait oldparr, retold in Christian minstrelsy."

    Oct 26 05, 1:17 PM
    peasypod

    Finally. Well done raguhljr.

    Apparently used to describe the fall of Adam and Eve, it was also mentioned in another novel, "The Bell Jar" written by Sylvia Plath, as one character was reading Finnegan's Wake.

    Oct 26 05, 3:40 PM


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