snowtiger
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RE: For the Cincinnati game...can we get pompoms???
(11-07-2019 02:00 PM)TigersSpin Wrote: (11-07-2019 01:54 PM)snowtiger Wrote: (11-07-2019 01:52 PM)covingtontiger Wrote: I'll agree to be the grammar-nazi in this case!(Google is your friend):
Why is it called pom pon?
Pom-pom is clearly an anglicized, misheard version of the correct word for what is properly called the pompon. ... Pompon is of French origin, meaning “ornamental tuft.”*** We, as we are wont to do as English speakers, added the word to our vocabulary because we have a long history of picking up words from other languages.
Anyway, they sell them at Tiger Bookstore.
I have seen the Pompons put out at Tiger basketball games. At most, they cover the seats in the lower bowl. I don't see anybody agreeing to buy 50-odd thousand for a Tiger football game. My guess is that this game will be strictly BYOPP.
fypp
2 : a handheld usually brightly colored fluffy ball flourished by cheerleaders
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