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- noun One who is
pompous .
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Examples
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The mystery surrounding the meaning of “the pompatus of love” has long been solved, apparently by Jon Cryer, who played the lead in the 1996 movie called “The Pompatus of Love.”
Living With Music: A Playlist by Josh Bazell - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The mystery surrounding the meaning of “the pompatus of love” has long been solved, apparently by Jon Cryer, who played the lead in the 1996 movie called “The Pompatus of Love.”
Living With Music: A Playlist by Josh Bazell - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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In that song Miller also sings about "The pompatus of love." (thanks, Patrick - Tallapoosa, GA) Miller got the line at the end, "I really love your peaches want to shake your tree, lovey dovey, lovey dovey ..." from "Lovey Dovey," a 1953 song by R&B group The Clovers.
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Songfacts: The line in this song, "I speak of the pompatus of love," has baffled listeners for some time.
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In the autumn resplendence of his telecasting career, Dobbs's self-regard, never meek or slender, has ripened into the pompatus of love.
Father Dobbs James Wolcott 2007
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In the autumn resplendence of his telecasting career, Dobbs's self-regard, never meek or slender, has ripened into the pompatus of love.
Father Dobbs Wolcott, James 2007
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Rock Band gets the pompatus of DLC: Steve Miller, Godsmack, more
PlayStation 3 2009
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When you sign up through that link above and respond to the confirmation email, I make a bit of loose change. jhuldin: pompatus jhuldin:
LinkSwarm.com 2009
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Rock Band gets the pompatus of DLC: Steve Miller, Godsmack, more
unknown title 2009
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Rock Band gets the pompatus of DLC: Steve Miller, Godsmack, more
PlayStation 3 2009
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