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An archaic / fictional letter.
From Nabakov's 'Invitation to a Beheading' They had no words that would end in an unexpected way, an upsilamba, becoming a bird or a catapult with wondrous consequences.
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| 1. | upsilamba | ||
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1) mixture of Greek letters upsilon and lambda
2) fanciful creation of Nabokov 3) the impossible joy of a suspended leap 4) a dance 5) the image of small silver fish leaping in a out of a moonlit lake 6) a sound or a melody 7) a word used in a insult intended to brush someone off ("an upsilamba to you too!") 8) what one may shout when jumping rope 9) the paradox of a blissful sigh 10) a magic code that opens the door to a secret cave filled with treasures 11) the magical name of a small boy in Africa 12) an exclamation used when you have a feeling of inexpressible joy mixed with clumsiness and goofiness 13) a word whose definition is your own individual discretion (similar to supercalifragilisticexbealadocious) I was having such a good time listening to Marc's band and hanging out with my friends that shouted "Upsilamba!"
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