I'm pretty sure that the word rotund comes from somebody doing a typo when they were trying to say round
and then they didn't admit to it.
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gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry,
Sat 6 Jun 2009, 2:22,
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Bah! Rumbled again.
*resigns Linguistics Professorship at prestigious university*
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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sat 6 Jun 2009, 2:40,
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