What is the meaning of the word PREPOCEROS?

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If I remember correctly, you probably came across this either in the film 'The Wizard of Oz' (in the song 'If I Were King of the Forest') or in a poem by Ogden Nash. It's a forced rhyme, a deliberate mis-spelling and mis-pronunciation of the word 'preposterous'.

Another forced rhyme from 'Wizard...'

What if you met a hippopotamus?
I'd t'rash him from top to bottomus!

and

What if you met a brontosaurus?
I'd show *him* who's King of the Faurus!
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