"pompa-hawk"

[Laurence Horn]

On May 10, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 5/10/2012 03:06 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> I guess the other contender was "mo-dour".
>
> pompa-hawk : tomahawk :: mo-dour : ??  That may be why mo-dour was
> not a contender.
>
> Joel

I didn't say it was a *viable* contender…

LH
>>
>> On May 10, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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>> > Tom Brady's new hair style, as "dubbed" by TMZ, according to today's
>> > Boston Globe.
>> >
>> > But did TMZ coin this?  Urban Dictionary claims to have 2003, and a
>> > reference to Kim Jong Il's hair in 2008.  (Wikipedia's picture
>> > definitely shows an asymmetric cut, high in the middle.)  Then Google
>> > has nothing until 2006 and 2007, when there are a few sightings
>> > outside Urban Dictionary.  Nothing in Google Books.
>> >
>> > Joel
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