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Post  ivyivy Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:38 am

''D'OH!'' - the grunt of frustration used by Homer Simpson - has had the most impact on English among the many coined by the TV show, according to a global survey of linguists.

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The survey on the which words from The Simpsons have had an impact on the English language was based on answers from 320 translators working around the world for a London-based translation agency. The results were:

■37 per cent: ''D'oh!'' - a grunt expressing frustration at realising that things have gone wrong, or that one has just said or done something foolish.

■13 per cent: ''introubulate - to get someone into trouble.

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■10 per cent: ''eat my shorts'' - a dismissive insult.

■9 per cent: ''knowitallism'' - Lisa Simpson's personality.

■7 per cent: ''embiggen'' - to enlarge or empower.

■6 per cent: ''meh'' - an interjection, suggesting deep ambivalence.

■4 per cent: ''learning juice'' - beer.

■3 per cent: ''cheese-eating surrender monkeys'' - the French.

■1 per cent: ''kwyjibo'' - word made up by Homer Simpson to win at Scrabble. Defined as ''a big dumb balding Northern American ape with no chin''.

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