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Snozzberries? Who ever heard of a snozzberry?
— Veruca Salt • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Veruca repeats an unfamiliar name and challenges whether anyone knows the thing it describes. The response makes recognition her immediate test of plausibility. The invented-sounding word supplies the oddity, while the question reveals skepticism without telling us whether the unfamiliar object actually exists.
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