177: jumbo Jun 3, 2015

Word Facts has been stalling for quite some time, but will finally address the elephant in the room. Originally preserved for use describing a person, the epithet, 'jumbo' probably derives from the second element of mumbo-jumbo. It originally denoted a large and clumsy person, the term was popularized as the name of an elephant at the London Zoo, Jumbo, sold in 1882 to the Barnum and Bailey circus.
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