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October 5, 2010 3:19 am
I have a question about the origin of the word twitterpated. My parents, especially my mom, have used this my whole life as a substitution for the word love or to be in love with. From what i already know is that it was used in the disney movie bambi and has the word pate in it, meaning top of the head. I am wanting to know where is comes from and where else it is used, perhaps even how old or young the word is.
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October 5, 2010 10:50 am
I gotta figure Disney made it up. Someone might have heard it in some farming community where he grew up, and used it in the movie, but FWIW my favorite etymology site, Online Etymology Dictionary, never hoid o' the woid.
October 6, 2010 5:54 am
Cool and thanks! it could be a farm word, my mom and her family are from rural topeka, kansas.