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

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 21, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-pesky-words-in-the-steve-miller-song/256169 "2004-07-21T12:56:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![pppumpkineater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@pppumpkineater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pppumpkineater)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-pesky-words-in-the-steve-miller-song/256169/1 "2004-07-21T12:56:00Z")

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In a previous column:

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_303.html](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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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-pesky-words-in-the-steve-miller-song/256169/2 "2004-07-21T14:56:54Z")

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

> [@](#):
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> believe the whole phrase to be:
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> Some call me Maurice  
> Cos I speak with the Prophetess of Love
> 
> now he can get on and solve PSR…
> 
> pppumpkineater

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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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-pesky-words-in-the-steve-miller-song/256169/3 "2004-07-21T15:03:09Z")

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Here’s the Classic Dope:

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_065.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_065.html)