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mugabe! exclamation

Goodness!

Origin

The northern English exclamation “E ba gum” is the reverse of Mugabe, then the surname of a notable Zimbabwean revolutionary. We don’t recall who first pointed it out

Collector

M & N – 1980s
Mark & Naomi

Notes

For extra style points it should be said with the intonation of Pamela Stephenson impersonating a BBC newsreader in the TV sketch show Not The Nine O’clock News

Submitted: 30/06/2026 by Mark

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