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        523 days ago

        No, it’s definitely as uncommon as I think. Been on this planet 40 years and this is the firs time I’m hearing it. I’ve heard people way “pollywag” more often than this word.

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          923 days ago

          It’s okay not to know. English is spoken in a lot of different places in different ways. I doubt that in your 40 years you’ve explored this.

          Google Trends shows that it’s most popular in Malaysia and the Philippines, relative to its use in other countries.

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            223 days ago

            That explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.

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              423 days ago

              India uses English as a lingua franca, they have their own phrases, dialect and everything, and they outnumber the American continent combined.

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              223 days ago

              I’m native to North Carolina and I’ve heard it before.

              But this country has 40 or 50 regional dialects. Probably more.