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 Wednesday February 11 2004

To Bombinate

dictionary.com

bombinate BOM-buh-nayt, intransitive verb:
To buzz; to hum; to drone.

My other web site has a word a day and I noticed that today was bombinate and I just had to know what this means. I like this word - it sounds so ominous. My computer is bombinating and I’m not sure what I should do!

Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Wednesday Feb 11, 2004 at 12:43 AM
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Rethabile Masilo wrote 34 words  on  Wednesday Feb 11, 2004  at  08:40 AM France

“Bombinate,” huh? It is a nice-sounding word. The only worry is if you hadn’t told me what it meant, I’d have thought that “bombinate” was what the U.S. army did in Afghanistan and Iraq!

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Mike Arnzen wrote 30 words  on  Sunday Feb 15, 2004  at  01:28 PM United States

Thanks for sharing this word!  It’s new to me; but I wonder if it’s related to “abombinate” (as in “abombinable").  I laughed at your point that your computer is bombinating!

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