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To: C19fan

Interestingly, the word ‘jumbo’, meaning extra large, is derived from the name of that animal. It was named that because it sounded African I suppose. Justice for Jumbo!


6 posted on 03/29/2019 9:29:43 AM PDT by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)
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To: ichabod1

“Jumbo” in Pittsburgh means bologna.
Specifically jumbo bologna, which had a larger circumference than the standard kind.

Locals abbreviated and refer to it simply as “jumbo”.


8 posted on 03/29/2019 9:34:20 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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