Totopoca

United States

August 23, 2016 4:11pm CST

Do you know what this word means? Unless you speak Aztec you probably are not familiar with it. Long, long, long before the first movie theater ever opened up the Aztecs were eating popcorn. They are credited with discovering popcorn over 3,000 years ago. Remember that the next time you're eating popcorn while watching a movie. So what does the word, 'totopoca' mean? It means, "The sound of popcorn popping." And now you know......

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@CinnamonGrl (7086)

• Santa Fe, New Mexico

23 Aug 16

It does sound descriptive of that

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• United States

24 Aug 16

It does, doesn't it. I like words that sound like what they mean.

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@zebra2222 (5268)

• United States

24 Aug 16

I appreciate this little tidbit of information. Now I'm hungry, and I'm going to make some popcorn.

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@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

23 Aug 16

thanks I learn new things on mylot every 'day totopoca means the sound of popcorn popping

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@paigea (36143)

• Canada

25 Aug 16

Thank you for that. That was interesting.

@Happy2BeMe (99353)

• Canada

23 Aug 16

That us very interesting. I never knew that before! Every day that I come on here I learn something new and interesting. Great post.

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