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jubjub|ˈdʒʌbdʒʌb|
[Invented by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (C. L. Dodgson); perh. a portmanteau word or formed after such representations of bird-cry as jug-jug (jug n.3).]
An imaginary bird of a ferocious, desperate and occasionally charitable nature, noted for its excellence when cooked.
1871‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-Glass i. 22 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch. 1876― Hunting of Snark 44 Should we meet with a Jubjub, that desperate bird, We shall need all our strength for the job! Ibid. 58 The song of the Jubjub recurred to their minds, And cemented their friendship for ever! 1962M. Gardner in ‘L. Carroll’ Annotated Snark 104 Their common fear of the Jubjub Bird is interesting. Philologically..Jubjub is a ‘portmanteau bird’, compounded of jabber and jujube... It flashed across me that the Jubjub was Society itself. |