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in reply to Re: Etymology of chomp?
in thread Etymology of chomp?

I'm betting it was for ease in editing. It's easy to s/chop/chomp/; and even easier to just insert one character.

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Re^3: Etymology of chomp?
by JavaFan (Canon) on Feb 28, 2012 at 01:06 UTC
    That's what I said, didn't I?

      That's what I said, didn't I?

      I'm pretty sure I said that :)