This site is for the Mark & Naomi Iliff family. For Mark’s work persona go to Talespinner
oomagoolie noun
Umami, the one of the five basic tastes that didn’t have an English word (so we took the Japanese one)
Cherished malapropism
Naomi – 2020s
Naomi Iliff (King) – owner
In reaching for the right word and missing, Naomi possibly had in mind the rugby song¹ Wild West Show², a family favourite. One of the many verses concerns a bird with short legs and large testes which emits this particular cry upon landing.
¹more a cante fable than a song
²aka The Hamburg Show aka Larry, Turn the Crank