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- noun Plural form of
borogove .
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Examples
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July 10, 2009 at 3:08 pm all mimetic were the borogoves
War of Some Against None: Thoughtful Battle Still Rages Downstream 2009
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Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
Cornelius Hunter and the Mystery of the Missing Scientific Theory - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. fnxtr
Cornelius Hunter and the Mystery of the Missing Scientific Theory - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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October 14, 2009 at 8:13 am ai jsut chekeded awn teh borogoves, adn tehy izz jsut azz mimsy az tehy kan bih …
HAPPEE BURFDAY! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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“Tout flivoreux vaquaient les borogoves”, and that
gros mot 2007
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The albino borogoves drooped wanly and didn't sing a note.
Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998
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` Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
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` Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
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` Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
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Like the author himself, Pam's fond of pilfering the imaginations of other writers "mimsy borogoves" is her appellation for her eyes, a phrase that comes courtesy of Lewis Carroll.
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she commented on the word borogoves
A conversation with Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking-Glass:
"...And a borogove is a thin, shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round—something like a live mop."
"And then mome raths?"...
July 18, 2008