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 Fungo’so.Funny Bone. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Funk.
 
To be in a funk may be the Walloon “In de fonk zün,” literally to “be in the smoke.” Colloquially to be in a state of trepidation from uncertainty or apprehension of evil.   1
 


 Fungo’so.Funny Bone. 

 
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