Talk:Pompatus

Pismo Beach is near Los Angeles
Dunno where to put this. But Pismo Beach is not far from Los Angeles, where the Medallions were from. It seems plausible that "pismotality" is derived from "Pismo Beach". For what it's worth. 137.53.241.251 (talk) 20:44, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

pompatusis not a neologism
Steve Miller didn't invent the word, it is a latin word meaning 'with pomp' or 'splendid' see Radha 19:36, 21 December 2008 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiva das (talk • contribs)


 * Exactly. So why is it considered a "Nonsense Word?"
 * albabe -  The Writer /Artist Formally Known as  Al Gordon 22:48, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Perhaps a pronunciation guide using the International Phonetic Alphabet would be more helpful than this, apparently North American, attempt. mat_x 07:59, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. From the United State's textbooks I have read, I gather this kind of patronising pronunciation guide for any word over two syllables long is the norm.
 * A lot of French listeners heard it like Pompidou ;-) Ericd 21:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * As one who first heard it in the 1990s after the song was used in the Levi's tv commercial, until I read this article I thought he was singing "I speak for the prophetess of love"!Cloptonson (talk) 18:19, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Repetition
It seems like the first section and the second section of this article are saying the same thing. Much of what is in the first is repeated in the second. Perhaps this could be cleaned up? - —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coronawithlime (talk • contribs) 19 June 2006

epismetology
Google results show fewer than 25 hits from. I don't have access to the recording, but could this instead be epistemology? --Robertkeller 20:59, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

merge with The Joker (song)?
Seems to me that most of this article goes back to the song (whose article, strange enough, is shorter). Even the pop culture section could be merged. I'll wait a few days for anyone who disagrees before I put in the appropriate tags. In the meantime, I'll put a similar note in the other talk page. Roehl Sybing 22:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Has this really been sitting here seven months? Anyway, I think the two articles are probably long enough to remain separate.  — The Storm Surfer 11:55, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Definition?
Is it too much to ask for somebody to attempt to define this word?
 * Apparently, yes. Steve Miller never chose to do it, and Vernon Green never actually used it in its present form.  Its meaning, however, has little to do with its usage as referenced in this article.  (If you're desperate, though, try [|Wiktionary's] definition.)Deltopia 13:40, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Mondegreen
If Miller took the word from a mishearing of the Vernon Green lyrics -- and there is some evidence that this is what happened -- then "pompatus" is not a nounce word, but a modegreen.

14-year-old Vernon Green...
...sounds stupid and wasn't even the age of the person when the song was published (says he was 17 here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Green )…

I mean, what does the song writer being 14 years old (which again, according to this very website isn't accurate to begin with) have to do with anything? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.132.63 (talk) 05:27, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Steve Miller used the word before "The Joker"
Steve Miller had used the word in a song he recorded a year earlier than "The Joker". The line "some people call me Maurice because I speak of the pompatus of love" is a reference to his earlier song, "Enter Maurice", from 1972 (just as "gangster of love" and "space cowboy" are references to other songs). "Enter Maurice" contains a line that uses the word "pompatus". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oakpatch (talk • contribs) 22:26, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Are we actually sure he uses this made up word? To me it has always sounded like 'prophetess'.Tirailleur (talk) 10:01, 14 February 2023 (UTC)