Talk:pompon

This seems (from cursory google searching) to be an interesting hoax being pulled on Wikipedia and Wiktionary? --Connel MacKenzie 06:01, 14 October 2006 (UTC)


 * What do you mean? Collins, Encarta, and M-W online all have entries stating that pompon as another way to write pompom. If you mean some other aspect, please state it. &mdash; Hippietrail 06:14, 14 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I'd only noticed it as pompom or pom-pom, but OED lists pompon as the earlier English spelling (from 1753, still in use in 1977 re cheerleaders) with pom-pom only appearing in 1897. The original use was as a hair decoration, later a decoration on a hat (as still used in UK on bobble hats). However, since the "bobble" is made from strands tied in the middle and fluffed out, just like a cheerleader's pompom, I've no doubt the OED are right to say it's the same word. --Eng in ear 10:57, 14 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Noting that Wonderfool was involved, I was quick to assume this was completely bogus. --Connel MacKenzie 20:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I remember some 30 years ago finding this word in a dictionary and being jolly surprised. rfvpassed. Andrew massyn 22:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)