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The word ''pompatus'', also spelled ''pompitous'', , , is a nonce word used in the lyrics of Steve Miller's 1973 rock song "The Joker".〔Adams, Cecil. ('In Steve Miller's "The Joker," what is "the pompatus of love"?' ), ''The Straight Dope'', 1996.〕 ==Lyrics== :Some people call me the space cowboy. :Yeah! Some call me the gangster of love. :Some people call me Maurice, :'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love. Each line references a track on a previous Miller album: "Space Cowboy" on ''Brave New World'' (1969); "Gangster of Love" on ''Sailor'' (1968); and "Enter Maurice" on ''Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden'' (1968), which includes the lines:〔 : My dearest darling, come closer to Maurice : so I can whisper sweet words of epismetology : in your ear and speak to you of the pompatus of love. Although Miller claims he invented the words "epismetology" (metathesis of epistemology) and "pompatus", all of his song-writing demonstrates strong doowop influences, and a 1954 song by Vernon Green called "The Letter" performed by the Medallions had the lines:〔 : Oh my darling, let me whisper : sweet words of ''pizmotality'' : and discuss the ''puppetutes'' of love. Green maintains the lyrics are a description of his dream woman.〔 "''Pizmotality'' described words of such secrecy that they could only be spoken to the one you loved", Green explained. He coined the term ''puppetutes'' "to mean a secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pompatus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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