It looks like it might be a faint possibility — see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8737455.stm — but nothing stronger than that.
The origin of the name vuvuzela is disputed. It may have originated from Zulu for "making a vuvu noise," . No kidding. Other descriptions: Commentators have described the sound as "annoying" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants,"[7] "a deafening swarm of locusts,"[8] "a goat on the way to slaughter"[9] and "a giant hive full of very angry bees."[10]
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Funny definition of the word in Wikipedia.
The origin of the name vuvuzela is disputed. It may have originated from Zulu for "making a vuvu noise," . No kidding. Other descriptions: Commentators have described the sound as "annoying" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants,"[7] "a deafening swarm of locusts,"[8] "a goat on the way to slaughter"[9] and "a giant hive full of very angry bees."[10]
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