# What does the word "Pamplamousse" mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154 "2006-02-12T21:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/61 "2010-09-21T13:58:25Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > No idea why they decided to use Frech for just that one flavor, but now every time I see the word I think of La Croix. Probably because, as evidenced by this thread, the word “pamplemousse” tickles English speakers’ funny bone in a unique way. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/62 "2010-09-21T14:11:44Z")
Hee. You wrote “pamplemousse.” I wonder if Danger Mouse likes pamplemousse? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/63 "2010-09-21T15:04:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I wonder if Danger Mouse likes pamplemousse? .. [QUOTE=Dangermouse] It’s the greatest! It’s fantastic! Wherever there is grapefruit I’ll be there. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/64 "2010-09-21T21:23:35Z")
> [@AngelFelina](#): > > So, the translation would be: “King Francis scoffs lotsa chickens.” 🙂 I think you meant “scarfs” rather than “scoffs.” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/65 "2010-09-22T04:32:57Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:64, topic:344154”] > [@AngelFelina](#): > > So, the translation would be: “King Francis scoffs lotsa chickens.” 🙂 I think you meant “scarfs” rather than “scoffs.” [/QUOTE] Or perhaps ‘boffs.’ ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/66 "2010-09-22T21:54:56Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:64, topic:344154”] > [@AngelFelina](#): > > So, the translation would be: “King Francis scoffs lotsa chickens.” 🙂 I think you meant “scarfs” rather than “scoffs.” [/QUOTE] [Scoffs also means to eat greedily](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/scoff). (I’ve seen other people make this scarfs/scoffs correction on here before, but it’s a false correction). ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/67 "2010-09-23T02:59:11Z")
Interesting. Never heard that use of “scoff” before. I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/68 "2010-09-24T00:08:23Z")
I’m thinking maybe it is an extreme form, past the superlative. “I thank you for saying I have big brass balls, but King Francis has balls of hat!” Back to being too serious, Bob the Angry Flower, issuing pineapples in his error, is even further mistaken. The World War II US grenades were _called_ pineapples, but they weren’t actual pineapples. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Julicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@Julicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julicious)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/69 "2010-09-29T16:26:59Z")
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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/70 "2010-09-29T20:14:30Z")
Confirmation: French-speaking Swiss here, and I have often heard the French word “grapefruit” for “pamplemousse”. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154/71 "2010-09-29T20:19:14Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Confirmation: French-speaking Swiss here, and I have often heard the French word “grapefruit” for “pamplemousse”. Once. In 1960. For ten minutes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-pamplamousse-mean/344154.md?page=3)