Jim ([info]iesunobushi) wrote,
2005-08-13 00:08:00
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The Etymology of a Muppet

I've finally found out the answer to the age old question of the universe:

What the heck is a Muppet anyway?

Back in my prior days of ignorance, I used to just say "It's a puppet...but it's a Muppet...", seeing as I did not know the answer.  I tried to cover my ignorance by saying it was one of those things we could never be sure of, but just was.  But the question secretly tormented my soul.  What were the answers to this all-important question?  Would I ever find them?  I almost gave up even caring, figuring I would never know.  But now, after much searching, I have been enlightened and shall show my findings to all the confused souls out there, who also do not know the answers.

Muppet (noun)  -  Any puppet character of the children's television show Sesame Street and commercial products of those characters.
Etymology: (m)arionette + (p)uppet

Marionette (noun)  -  A jointed puppet manipulated from above by strings or wires attached to its limbs.

Puppet (noun)  -  1.  A small figure of a person or animal, having a cloth body and hollow head, designed to be fitted over and manipulated by the hand.  2.  A figure having jointed parts animated from above by strings or wires; a marionette.

So there you have it...the etymology of a Muppet.  Now you can rest knowing that your questions have been answered and your troubled soul can have peace.  Brought to you by the letter Q, the number 7, and the really bored, sleep deprived Jim Rogers.

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[info]marz91

August 13 2005, 05:12:08 UTC 6 years ago

yay i finally know what a muppet is. id have never of been able to continyue my life without that lil piece of information there, thank u for allowing me to continue my life without the painful curiosity

(this is sarcasm incase u cant tell)

[info]iesunobushi

August 13 2005, 05:13:58 UTC 6 years ago

and this post is also sarcasim >_>

[info]marz91

August 13 2005, 05:19:08 UTC 6 years ago

lol

to tell you the truth, when i was a lil kid, i was always wondering wtf a muppet was:P

[info]iesunobushi

August 13 2005, 05:21:55 UTC 6 years ago

now you know the truth and you can be set free from your confusing past ^__^

[info]marz91

August 13 2005, 05:23:23 UTC 6 years ago

woo hoo!!!

[info]iesunobushi

August 13 2005, 05:24:57 UTC 6 years ago

indeed

[info]marz91

August 13 2005, 05:25:45 UTC 6 years ago

i totally owe my life to u:P

[info]ctgirl_1987

August 13 2005, 05:16:19 UTC 6 years ago

>_> to be honest...i didn't know what a muppet was...*hides from jim's cruel tauntings*

[info]iesunobushi

August 13 2005, 05:29:15 UTC 6 years ago

it seems alot of people don't know the answer to this all-important question.

[info]semjay

August 13 2005, 12:18:20 UTC 6 years ago

Well it's sorta like a mop... and it's sorta like a puppet...

[info]gooziewoozie

August 13 2005, 22:07:05 UTC 6 years ago

XD I had never wondered, but now I know what two words were used to form "muppet." Woooo, Sesame Street! Big Bird: OH YEAH~ XD

[info]iesunobushi

August 14 2005, 17:22:28 UTC 6 years ago

XD

[info]sweetlilangel

August 14 2005, 08:39:52 UTC 6 years ago

Yes many nations have gone to war over this question even though muppets have only been around for less than 50 years.

[info]iesunobushi

August 14 2005, 17:22:59 UTC 6 years ago

their lives were not in vain *salute*

[info]sweetlilangel

August 15 2005, 22:19:44 UTC 6 years ago

We will never forget our brave men in cloth and fake fur with there glaring golf ball eyes.
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