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What does the BFG call a burp?

He thinks that would make a person burp, and he considers burping a very rude noise. Sophie, as you might expect, points out that a noise coming out the other end is more rude. The BFG has a different opinion: he calls that sound a whizzpopper and considers it a sign of happiness.
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What is the bubbly drink from BFG?

Frobscottle is a green-colored fizzy drink, where the bubbles go down instead of up. This is the cause of Whizzpoppers (which are farts). It tastes delicious to Sophie and The BFG and to the other giants as well. It also makes the drinker fly and fart.
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What does the BFG call cucumbers?

A snozzcumber is a knobbly vegetable like an enormous cucumber with black and white stripes. Snozzcumbers taste disgusting but they are all the BFG has to eat, as he refuses to hunt human beans like other giants.
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What was the fart called in BFG movie?

Now that The BFG is on the big screen, it's likely the word "whizzpopper" will be creeping into the vocabularies of kids everywhere. The Giant's word for a fart is only one element of author Roald Dahl's made-up language, Gobblefunk. It's as fun to speak as it is to read; now, it's even getting its own dictionary.
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What does Frobscottle mean?

Frobscottle. Definition: A nice drink with soft drink bubbles. Sometimes a drink is so refreshing, tasty and fulfilling that "drink" just doesn't do it justice. Roald Dahl again has the perfect word: "frobscottle". So when a drink tastes extra good, you could say: "This frobscottle is absolutely gloriumptious!"
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Does BFG have cuss words?

Crude or Profane Language or Content

The language is very clean, but now and then there are some words that might be considered bad - not vulgar words, though. Some flatulence caused by a food that the BFG eats.
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What is a snozzwanger?

Snozzwanger: "A deadly three-footed creature that preys on Oompa-Loompas" Scrumdiddlyumptious: "Food that is utterly delicious"
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What does ucky mucky mean in BFG?

Your parents might tell you off for your room being ucky-mucky; it means messy. Whoopsy whiffling. If something is whoopsy whiffling, that means it's great!
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What does the BFG call vegetables?

Since he doesn't eat people and he won't steal from people, the BFG has to eat snozzcumbers, the only food that grows in Giant Country. The ''icky-poo vegetable'' has knobbles on the outside and large seeds on the inside.
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What does the F stand for in BFG?

The abbreviation BFG stands for "Big Fucking Gun" as described in Tom Hall's original Doom design document and in the user manual of Doom II: Hell on Earth.
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Why did the BFG cry?

Sophie explains that her parents died when she was a baby and she lives in an orphanage. Hearing this, the BFG begins to cry.
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What does BFG call bad dreams?

The BFG also keeps his eye out for "trogglehumpers" — which is what he calls the worst kind of nightmares. Instead of delivering trogglehumpers to children, however, the BFG locks them up in jars so that they can't harm anyone.
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What does the BFG call dreams?

Dream Country is the home of all the dreams in the Universe, and is frequently visited by the BFG when he goes to collect dreams for his collection, so he can give the nice dreams like "WinkSquibblers" and Golden Fizzwiggs" to sleeping children, and locks away any unwanted "TroggleHumpers" or Nightmares.
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Why does the BFG eat snozzcumber?

Lesson Summary

The BFG has to eat them because he is too honorable to eat humans or steal vegetables from their gardens. When the nine nasty giants are captured and imprisoned in the pit, the BFG provides snozzcumbers and snozzcumber bushes so that the giants will have plenty to eat for the rest of their lives.
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Does the BFG like coffee?

The BFG hates the coffee and asks for frobscottle.
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How did the BFG mix dreams?

The BFG runs from shelf to shelf to gather different elements of the dream, and tips them all into a giant jar. The dreams sit there in individual blobs until he takes what looks like a giant eggbeater and mixes the dreams.
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What is the BFG word for delicious?

Scrumdiddlyumptious means extremely delicious, tasty, or when referring to a person, attractive. The word scrumdiddlyumptious was popularized by the children's author Roald Dahl in his book The BFG, published in 1982, when the BFG says, “Every human bean is diddly and different.
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What does whoopsy splunkers mean?

Whoopsy-splunkers: Fantastic

Time-Twiddler: It is something that is immortal.
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Why is BFG banned?

As a frequently challenged author, Dahl books like James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and the BFG have been banned for being too scary for the targeted age group, promoting mysticism, having too many sexual inferences, offensive language, drug use, and more.
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Why does the BFG talk weird?

Gobblefunk is the language created by Roald Dahl to give the BFG his unique voice. It is comprised of silly words that are similar to words found in the English language and are used when ordinary words just won't do it.
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Are there female Oompa Loompa?

Trivia. In the book, there were female and young Oompa Loompa's but in both the 1971 and 2005 adaptations, there were only male Oompa Loompas.
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What is a Whangdoodle in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Whangdoodles A creature native to Oompa Loompa Land and some other places. Dame Julie Andrews describes them as four legged ungulates, like a moose with moose like antlers that can change its colour to suit its mood.
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Is a Wonka bar a real thing?

Wonka Bars consisted of small graham cracker pieces dipped in milk chocolate. The brand was launched by Chicago's Breaker Confections in 1976, and purchased by Nestle in 1988. Other bars produced included Wonka Xploder, Wonkalate and Wonka Biscuits.
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Is the BFG appropriate for 2nd grade?

Best For: Kids ages 8 – 12.
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Is the kid in BFG a boy or girl?

Disney's THE BFG is the imaginative story of a young girl named Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) and the Big Friendly Giant (Oscar (TM) winner Mark Rylance) who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film is based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl.
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