pompatus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is pompous or splendid. nonce-word
    — She loved the way the lecturer stated it, offhand, but with the air of a pompatus.
  2. Pomp, ostentatiousness, or spectacle. nonce-word
    — It could be a whang-dang-doodle, a cloche hat made out of coyote fur, or a phylactery testifying to the pompatus of love.

词源

First used in the lyrics of Steve Miller's 1972 rock song "Enter Maurice" ("whisper sweet words of epismetology in your ear and speak to you of the pompatus of love.") and popularized in his 1973 rock song "The Joker" ("Cause I speak of the pompatus of love"), but having no apparent meaning in either song. Inspired by the lyric "Oh my darling, let me whisper sweet words of pizmotality and discuss the puppetutes of love" in The Medallions "The Letter" written by Vernon Green. ("Puppetutes" described a fantasy paper-doll or puppet-like girl.)
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