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304:- a quick google check indicates ample references to the BBC radio show where the term originated. Is still a well-known term to people of an older generation in the UK. The main reason for deletion seems to be "I don't recognise it, therefore it doesn't exist". Ignorance is not a basis for running the encyclopedia.
491:"DAFFYNITION A blend of 'daffy' and 'definition,' usually applied to juvenile levels of comic lexicology. Slang and wordplay like splitting are often the elements of such elementary wit. Examples: Popcorn—Father's jokes. Checkmate—the girl you marry for her money. Illegal—a sick bird. Mandate—a male escort." --
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