If you ask google for the pigeon English for helicopter you'll probably get 'magimix bilong Yesus', but take care: magimix will be replaced with whatever the local term for food blender may be: magimix, mixmaster, blender, vitamix...
But that variation is itself the clue that this is nonsense: the word used is'helicopter'. The idea that tok pisin offers endless opportunities for etymological comedy like this is pretty threadbare.
And this came about because although the puppies under the library have not sparked any interest at all, a helicopter flying over it got everyone outside, staring and pointing, in a flash!
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