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Old 12-11-10, 04:05 PM   #143
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wombat

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Etymology

From Sydney (an Australian Aboriginal language) wambad, wambaj, or wambag. It was originally written whom-batt in English.
I reckon the original pommy spelling was funnier.
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