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Dr. Fred Mbogo
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/@mbohgoh, doktr fred/ , n. [Stanford] The archetypal man you don't want to
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see about a problem, esp. an incompetent professional; a shyster. Do you
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know a good eye doctor? Sure, try Mbogo Eye Care and Professional Dry
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Cleaning. The name comes from synergy between bogus and the original Dr.
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Mbogo, a witch doctor who was Gomez Addams' physician on the old Addams
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Family TV show. Interestingly enough, it turns out that under the rules for
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Swahili noun classes, m- is the characteristic prefix of nouns referring to
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human beings. As such, mbogo is quite plausible as a Swahili coinage for a
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person having the nature of a bogon. Actually, mbogo is indeed a Ki-Swahili
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word referring to the African Cape Buffalo, syncerus caffer. It is one of
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the big five dangerous African game animals, and many people with bush
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experience believe it to be the most dangerous of them. Compare Bloggs
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Family and J. Random Hacker ; see also Fred Foobar and fred.
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