Those pesky words in the Steve Miller song....

Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
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In a previous column:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_303.html
The Straight Dope: Why do some people sneeze when going out into bright light?

Cecil refers to mysterious words of the great sage equal of heaven, Steve Miller.

I believe the whole phrase to be:

Some call me Maurice
Cos I speak with the Prophetess of Love

now he can get on and solve PSR…

pppumpkineater

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A million Dopers will be along in a minute with more exact info and links, but:

It’s Pompatus of love. They even used that as a movie title.

And one very Classic Dope column was devoted to untangling the meaning of this word. And it broke here in the Straight Dope!

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Here’s the Classic Dope:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_065.html