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Screengrab of Dr. Colbert learning a new word from his guest, author and director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, K. David Harrison. Poopungkoontam is a word from the Sora language of India, which means “I will stab you in the gut with a knife.” Dr. Colbert wondered if the Sora language was endangered because it had been stabbed in the gut with a knife and how often one could drop it in a sentence, "The Colbert Report", September 25, 2007.