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touron (TOO.rawn) n. A particularly clueless or annoying tourist (tourist + moron).

Example Citation:
"Rolling down the windows" is a snowboarding expression for anyone on the hill spinning his arms in a wild attempt to regain his balance.

It's a term that captures the inelegant flailing perfectly, and once you're in on the joke, you can stand near the bottom of a ski slope and laugh yourself silly watching people "roll down the windows." ...

I can't even get up on skis in order to roll down the windows. You might say I can't even get the car out of the garage. If I could, I would most likely be a member of the group the boarders like to call "SPORS" (Stupid People On Rental Skis).

Instead, I exist simply as a "touron" (half tourist, half moron) who has ventured into the area to take in the apres ski culture of Northeast Ohio's two most popular downhill destinations.
—Tim Piai, "The ski's the limit," The Plain Dealer, January 24, 2003

Earliest Citation:
Over at U.S. 192 and State Road 535, westbound touron — (a combo of tourists and morons, according to a local dj) — are constantly making sudden U-turns from the left lane, causing oodles of rear-end wrecks.
—"The Road Toad," Orlando Sentinel, September 29, 1991

Also:

New code words are being shouted in locker rooms and study halls, new notes are being passed, new insults hurled. These just in from the front: ...

touron n. A tourist, usually an annoying one.
—"Say wha?", The Washington Post, September 20, 1987

Related Words:
agritourist
celebutard
hobby hobo
induhvidual
narco-tourist
poorism
stupid line
voluntourism
weather tourist
zipperhead

Subject Categories:
Culture - Travel and Tourism
Language - Insults
Sociology - People

Posted on March 26, 2003
Updated on March 26, 2003


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