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Feb 19, 2015 · One origin theory posited by a slang dictionary published in 1823, with possibly the longest title of any dictionary in history (80 words), is that it perhaps derived from the phrase “mumbo-jumbo”.
In declining health and suffering from troubling night rages, Jumbo was sold to circus impresario P.T. Barnum and shipped to New York City at the age of 21 in 1882. Hyped as ‘the biggest...
It began to revive circa 1975; in the R rated 1983 film Flashdance it was the misogynistic villain's insult of choice for the female dancers. Its resurrection during 1980s U.S. political sex scandals led to derivatives including diminutive bimbette (1983) and male form himbo (1988). dumbo.
The earliest known use of the noun jumbo is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for jumbo is from 1823, in the writing of ‘Jon Bee’ (real name John Badcock). jumbo is perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening.
Dec 21, 2020 · In 1865, an Africa Elephant arrived at the London Zoo. The elephant was named “Jumbo” by London zookeeper Anoshan Anathejeyashri. The origin of the name Jumbo for the elephant is commonly thought to be a play on the Swahili greeting “Jambo.” But also in Swahili, the word “Jumbe” means “chief.”
Deep inside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City lies the skeleton of Jumbo, a creature so large his name became part of the English language, synonymous with being huge. But...
Apr 9, 2018 · Jumbo sailed to the New World on the Assyrian Monarch and spent the few years until his accidental death being exhibited all over the Untied States and Canada as the focal point of the Barnum and Bailey Circus. He was viewed by an estimated 20 million people.
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