Panjandrum
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:01 pm
Some of you guys have been awarded the title of Grand Panjandrum, so I looked it up in the online dictionary. Probably the word has already been discussed, but here's the info:
panjandrum
mock name for a pompous personage, 1755, invented by Samuel Foote (1720-1777) to test the memory of actor Charles Macklin (1697-1797), who said he could repeat anything after hearing it once, in a long passage full of nonsense.
I didn't look up "grand" as I associate it primarily with pianos that have big legs and flip their lids!
panjandrum
mock name for a pompous personage, 1755, invented by Samuel Foote (1720-1777) to test the memory of actor Charles Macklin (1697-1797), who said he could repeat anything after hearing it once, in a long passage full of nonsense.
I didn't look up "grand" as I associate it primarily with pianos that have big legs and flip their lids!