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chimping
 v.— «Chimping refers to the noise that digiphotogs make when viewing images on the backof their digicameras…uuuuh uuuuh uuuh uuuh Kinda like the sound track to Planet of the Apes!» —“Re: What is “chimping”?” Usenet: rec.photo.equipment.35mm Dec. 21, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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