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To: PGR88

How about the word “Tourons” as in Tourons of Yellowstone” Is that a portmanteau of “Tourist” and “Morons”?

That may possibly be the very first time in my 72 years I’ve used the word “portmanteau.” I love the way it just trips gently off the tongue, too.


42 posted on 06/07/2023 7:30:30 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
That may possibly be the very first time in my 72 years I’ve used the word “portmanteau.”

A verse from the Irish ditty "Leaving Tipperary" (aka "Goodbye Mick"):

In my portmanteau I have some cabbage, beans and bacon
and if you think I can't eat that, well there's where you're mistaken
For if the ship will pitch and toss, for half a dozen farthings
I'll take me bundle on me back and walk to Castle Gardens.

There's also a Bluegrass version with different words.

56 posted on 06/07/2023 9:20:13 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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