[HN Gopher] Let's Spouge
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       Let's Spouge
        
       Author : flabber
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2022-03-09 17:31 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | mejarc wrote:
       | "[Jackie Opel] joined forces with the Troubadours, the house band
       | of the Clyde B Jones funeral parlour." There's potential for at
       | least one more newspaper feature, or streaming series, with this
       | backstory.
        
       | bovermyer wrote:
       | I like the sound, and the history.
       | 
       | But the name is really unfortunate, given a particular English
       | slang word's identical pronunciation.
        
         | aklemm wrote:
         | You're thinking of "splouge" (too much).
        
           | dragonwriter wrote:
           | No, they aren't, I suspect:
           | 
           | https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spooge
        
         | bombcar wrote:
         | Look up the (possible) etymology for Jazz for a similar
         | scenario.
        
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       | pmdulaney wrote:
       | Spouge is a genre of pop music that emerged in the 60's and 70's
       | but which died away relatively quickly. It is enjoying a
       | resurgence.
        
       | JackFr wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spouge%27s_approximation
       | 
       | I had the pleasure of working with John Spouge. Very nice guy
       | with a superhuman ability to solve differential equations. Really
       | astounding.
        
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