potopoto-o-graphy- (the o is silent) was first adopted by latin american immigrants who settled in the small northern town of Muker in the 1920s; the term is derived from the ritualistic spanish phrase el pontoun-de-graphoton."

wahoo.. an entire link to a site that i don't think is fully underway yet... fun.
hopefully i'll develop this section further later on.
The New Zealand Photo Gallery