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Snuffleupagus en · PROPN

Etymology

As a mammoth-like creature, he has a long trunk like an elephant's, which is called his snuffle.

Meanings

1. A fictional character from the television series Sesame Street, resembling a woolly mammoth without tusks, who until the show's 17th season was only visible to Big Bird.
   • “I feel like I’m dating Snuffleupagus.” 2002, William J. Cobb, The White Tattoo:
   • No sooner than Didomenico would say “Bill?!” his stout potbellied structure would lift out of its seat and turn to face the room, swaying with the grace and agility of Mr. Snuffleupagus. 2004, Owen C. Bernard, The Abyss Beside My Driveway:
   • Like Big Bird’s Snuffleupagus, Ryan’s “girlfriend” is vividly described, but never seen. 2001, Ryan Bigge, A Very Lonely Planet: Love, Sex and the Single Guy:
   • Ralph breathed into the phone like Mr. Snuffleupagus. 2006, Brandilyn Collins, Violet Dawn:
   • CFIDS, even bigger than a medical giraffe, is almost like Sesame Street’s elusive giant puppet Snuffleupagus—witnessed only by believers. 2000, Peggy Munson, Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:

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