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Ragtime
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29 Mar 2009, 1:28 am

It seems like people add "orama" or "o-rama" as a suffix to almost any noun or verb they want to. But does anyone know the origin of the phrase?



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29 Mar 2009, 8:54 am

There's an explanation at this URL, which I couldn't have put better myself:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/492/where-does-the-suffix-arama-as-in-foodarama-come-from



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29 Mar 2009, 10:39 am

That theory actually came to me about 5 minutes after I posted this thread, but I had already turned off the Blackberry and my thumbs were worn out. Thanks for confirming my theory though.



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29 Mar 2009, 7:44 pm

Keeno wrote:
There's an explanation at this URL, which I couldn't have put better myself:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/492/where-does-the-suffix-arama-as-in-foodarama-come-from


thx for the link Keeno, nice reading.


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