bangarang

[Jonathan Lighter]

Like "bang-up"?

JL


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:56 AM, caitlin o <caitqlin at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> It's from Hook. They use it to mean cool=2C awesome=2C or rad.
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> The President of the United States tweets that Robin Williams was=2C among
> other things=2C "a bangarang Peter Pan."
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> Wha'?
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