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My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pumpkins

A mnemonic device for remembering the names of the eight planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, as well as the dwarf planet Pluto. (The phrase was in use before Pluto had ceased to be considered a true planet.) A: "Let's see, there's Mercury, um… Earth, Mars… Uranus… dang, I can never remember all the planets' names!" B: "Well, just try to remember this—My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pumpkins." A: "Hey, Pluto isn't a planet anymore!"
See also: eager, just, mother, nine, Pumpkin, Serve, very

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pumpkins

A mnemonic device for remembering the names of the eight planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, as well as the dwarf planet Pluto. (The phrase was in use before Pluto had ceased to be considered a true planet.) A: "Let's see, there's Mercury, um… Earth, Mars… Uranus… dang, I can never remember all the planets' names!" B: "Well, try to remember this—My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pumpkins." A: "Hey, Pluto isn't a planet anymore!"
See also: educated, just, mother, nine, Pumpkin, Serve, very

pumpkin head

1. A dim-witted or unintelligent person; a dolt. Why did I ever hire that pumpkin head? He can't do anything right around here.
2. prison slang A prisoner who has been beaten severely about the face and head; such an attack itself. (So called due to the swelling of the head that results.) No one went near the pumpkin head after his beating from one of the prison gangs, which had served as a warning to the other inmates. Whatever fellow prisoners might do to you, it's the guards you have to look out for. They're very fond of giving a pumpkin head to anyone to who steps out of line.
See also: head, pumpkin

some pumpkins

dated Someone or something that is particularly great, special, wonderful, etc. Did you see Tracey's new car? Boy, it's some pumpkins, huh? I've stated seeing this amazing guy from Belgium. He's some pumpkins!
See also: pumpkin

turn into a pumpkin

To have to return home or go to bed due to the late hour of the night. (Usually used as a present participle, the phrase is a reference to the story of Cinderella, whose magic carriage turned into a pumpkin at midnight.) I've had a wonderful time, but I'm turning into a pumpkin. I think I'll call a cab and head home.
See also: pumpkin, turn
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some pumpkins

 and some punkins
someone or something great or special. (Old.) That chick is some punk-ins! Isn't this little gadget really some pumpkins?
See also: pumpkin
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

some pumpkins

and some punkins
n. someone or something great or special. That chick is some punkins!
See also: pumpkin
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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References in periodicals archive
Not to mention the satisfaction of plucking a pumpkin from your own garden to carve on Halloween.
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Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat, and add the pumpkin chunks and one teaspoon of salt.
SOUP STARTER PUMPKIN SOUP WITH MAPLE-TOASTED SEEDS
Since 2014, Schwan's has marketed Edwards Pumpkin Creme Pie as an autumn seasonal offering.
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The town of Damariscotta hosts a Weigh-off each fall to find which pumpkins weigh the most and which proud pumpkin parents get to take home the prize money.
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During the run up to Halloween, 18,000 tonnes of pumpkin are thrown away in the UK.
Newcastle Pumpkin Festival aims to squash food waste at Halloween; A host of events focused on the humble pumpkin will be taking place this weekend, from lantern carving to a mass soup cooking gathering
If you view the pumpkin spice craze as cynically as the creep of Black Friday sales, then head to your nearest pumpkin patch.
6 suburban pumpkin patches to visit this fall
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