HEFFALUMP NOUN 1. an imaginary creature resembling an elephant; also, an elephant ...1926 colloq. 2. (potentially offensive) a fat or ungainly person ...1993 colloq. ETYMOLOGY apparently from an arbitrary first element + lump (n. a compact mass of no particular shape, often with an implication of excessive size) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1926 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...And then he had a Clever Idea. He would go up very quietly to the Six Pine Trees now, peep very cautiously into the Trap, and see if there was a Heffalump there. And if there was, he would go back to bed..." From: Winnie the Pooh - Alan Alexander Milne
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