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Old 07-25-2009, 10:26 PM   #2
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I remember an article about that word in the Chicago Tribune many years ago, and it mentions what you said. But in addition, the writer said that on The Simpsons, Bart reportedly never used that word, but rather said "Aye, Carumba", and it got misinterpreted. The article said that it got into the 1987 Turtles cartoon show via the Peanuts comic, which once showed Snoopy surfing and saying that word in a thought balloon.
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