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Ogopogo

British  
/ ˌəʊɡəʊˈpəʊɡəʊ /

noun

  1. an aquatic monster said to live in Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Ogopogo

apparently an arbitrary coinage

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Ogopogo Brewing in San Gabriel, Angry Horse Brewing in Montebello and Arrow Lodge Brewing in Covina have begun to produce sanitizer for front-line healthcare and emergency workers.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2020

Okanagan Lake even has its own mythical sea creature, called Ogopogo.

From Washington Post Oct. 4, 2018

Haunting our lakes are Canada’s Ogopogo water serpent, Tessie of Tahoe, and Champy of Champlain.

From New York Times Aug. 22, 2016

We delegates picked up the song and decided that as we were in the Okanagan we might as well "look for the Ogopogo."

From Time Magazine Archive

Someone sang the Ogopogo song, the Rotarians picked it up, went Ogopogo hunting.

From Time Magazine Archive

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