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==Etymology== The etymology of the word is opaque, bearing a number of plausible origins.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2013/04/word-of-the-week-cucoloris.html |title= Word of the Week |website= Fritinancy|access-date= October 21, 2017}}</ref> Grant Barett, a co-host of the radio show "A Way with Words", suggested that the phrase is an eponym of [[George Cukor]]. Moreover, a specious claim cited by "Directing and Producing Television" maintained that the term arose from the Greek ''kukaloris'', breaking of light, ''loris'' conceivably cognate with ''luo'', 'I break'. Another possibility is an origin in the German word ''Kokolores'', which can mean "nonsense" or "boasting", like the English word ''Cockalorum''.
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