when was "o-rama" first used in advertising?
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04-08-2014, 04:45 AM
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when was "o-rama" first used in advertising?
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04-08-2014, 04:54 AM
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Not a definitive answer, but interesting references:
First appeared in England in 1820 http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pp...e=19980701 General Electric developed a system in 1953 that they called Smell-O-Rama. They demonstrated its potential by exhibiting a three-dimensional image of a rose accompanied by floral scents.[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision I would guess that “-o-rama†and “-o-matic†come from diorama and automatic, respectively, whilst “-o-vision†comes from television, but that the ‘e’ was changed to an ‘o’ under the influence of “-o-ramaâ€, “-o-maticâ€, and the Grecian -o- infix. †RaifÊ»hÄr DoremÃtzwr 21:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC) Inspired by lollapalootza? which dates from a late 19th/early 20th century American idiomatic phrase meaning "an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. The word has also caused a slang suffix to appear in event-planning circles as well as in news and opinion shows that is used synonymously with other suffixes like "a-go-go", "o-rama", etc. The suffix "(a)palooza" is often used to imply (often in hyperbolic language) that an entire event or crowd was made over that term, e.g.: "Parks"-apalooza, "Gaff"-apalooza, etc." Ads |
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