bunga-bunga

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Feb 28 14:16:49 UTC 2011


Virginia Woolf implicated:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12325796

BTW, when I heard the ribald joke cited by the article, some thirty-five
years ago, I believe the operative word was something other than
"bunga-bunga."  Maybe "ooga-booga" or something.  (But definitely not "Wagga
Wagga," "Walla Walla," or "Boogie Woogie.")

JL

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