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~ Thursday, April 24, 2003
YOU AND YOU A '_U_U' alphabet: auau - the Maori word for 'frequent' Bubu - Malaysian resort known as the 'best sexy body beach' Cucu - a Romanian surname dudu - the Dudu, made by Kona, is a fancy mountain bike, a snip at $3000 Eueu - shortened or pet form of the name Eugenia fufu - a type of porridge eaten in Africa gugu - gugu badhun is a nearly extinct Aboriginal language spoken in Queensland; also the name of a strange Thai doll huhu - a rum and mint cocktail, the speciality here iuiu - Alpinia carolinensis, a large tropical plant juju - West African fetish or charm, or the magic associated with these kuku - a large New Zealand wood pigeon lulu - any outstanding thing mumu - an earth oven in Papua New Guinea, where you will also find a... nunu - ...which is an initiation house: men hide in the roof space to frighten women and boys ouou - a name given to dogs in Iberian countries (a bit like bow-wow) pupu - the Hawaiian term for a snack meal or starter Ququ - a not-so-common French surname ruru - a New Zealand owl, also called the mopoke / morepork, from its cry Susu - a people of West Africa, living mainly in Guinea tutu - frilly ballet skirt; also Nobel winning churchman Desmond and minor jazz record label uuuu - a Swiss webhosting company vuvu - a Brazilian percussion instrument wuwu - the Taoist term for 'non-thingness' Xuxu - a strong German brand name drink, made of vodka with a strawberry flavour yuyu - the Japanese word for poltergeist (probably) Zuzu - the little girl in homely movie It's A Wonderful Life Source: various |