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 the Oomagoolie Bird, which has short legs and large testes: it cries “oo ma goolies” upon landing.
¹more a cante fable than a song
²aka The Hamburg Show aka Larry, Turn the Crank