Etymology

saxomaphone

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Today it means: saxophone Full definition →

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The story

From saxophone + -ma-. Coined by American television and film writer Jon Vitti for "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily", a 1995 episode of American sitcom The Simpsons.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.