In the unlikely case that anyone cares, definition #1 is incomplete. There are 5 megilloth, of which Esther is one. A megillah is a section of the bible that’s too short to be called a book (although the 12 minor prophets sorta break this rule, since they’re grouped together into one book).
The others are Ruth, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Lamentations.
I always figured “Magilla” was Irish. And the gorilla is wearing one of those silly little Derbies that I always associate with the Irish for some reason, (oh I know! They always depict Leprechauns as wearing them) though I see the Derby was in fact invented by William Bowler in England. I wonder if that means the Bowler was invented by some guy named Derby?
I’ve never seen it spelled out.
But. If you’re going to quote me Senor Amanpour, at least make the quote a random link to my website. Failing that, attribution would be nice.
Oh, and everybody? “Magilla” was Bub’s word. I got it from his exceedingly clever post. I did NOT make it up or come up with it myself in any way.
If I could link the quote to his incredibly entertaining and erudite website, I would, but alas, I lack the ability to link things beyond cutting and pasting URL’s. I’ll learn.
“Yeah, but did we get a thimbleful of credit for it? No. All we got was the sack. Just for creating the Pink Bunkadoo.”