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tourorist

Tourists who come to your town for a specific event/festival and pollute your city, crowd your bar, drink your beer, pick up your women, and roll your bums.
Damn, I can't wait until JazzFest is over, I can't even get into my local pub 'cause of those damn Tourorists!
by peanutgnome August 2, 2007
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Turnerism

A phrase to describe certain lyrics that Alex Turner (of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets) writes. He comes up with very unique similes and metaphors that he is now famous for. This is referred to as a turnerism.
Listening to Suck it and See: "...You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock, and those other girls are just post-mix lemonade..."

Fan: Wow, what a brilliant Turnerism!
by esileysiad July 1, 2016
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tourorist

Noun: One who deliberately interferes with a tourist's plans or expectations, esp. by means of inaccurate information, incorrect directions, or photobombing
Tourorist reveals her favorite ways to tourorize:
1. Tourist: Pardon me, ma'am, but can you please tell me where the Empire State Building is?
Tourorist: Didn't you hear? The terrorists got that one too. It was all over the news.
2. Tourist: Excuse me, which way is it to 34th St?
Tourorist: It's after 34th Avenue. Just keep going west.
3. Tourist: Ooh, look, a squirrel! C'mon kids, smile! (Tourorist mugs with tongue out, e.g., while passing.) ... Hey! Look at that young lady! New Yorkers are, like, sooo weird. That gal must be a tourorist...
Tourorist: Dude, I, like, totally like to tourorize!
by swiftjonathan August 2, 2008
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torrerist

One who hogs shared internet bandwidth by downloading torrents.
Jack has become a torrerist by downloading 10 movie torrents everyday while the others struggle to load up sites.
by echo77 October 20, 2008
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Protest Tourism

The act of attending a protest or direct action for the purpose of documenting signs, checking in on social media platforms, or otherwise being present without the burden of caring about the subject of the protest or being invested in any particular outcome. Not to be confused with being an “ally”.
Believe me, she’s just doing it for protest tourism. Rebecca does not, in fact, give a rat’s ass about BLM.”
by RunForestRun2019 January 20, 2019
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Class Tourism

The act of deriving pleasure or amusement from the customs, mannerisms, and behavior of people of lower social class, especially when observed from an online multimedia source.
Q: Did you hear the 'Bed Intruder Song,' the auto-tuned version of a man telling reporters about how his sister had been raped? Wasn't it hilarious?

A: No, it wasn't, it was a cruel and disturbing example of class tourism.
by RogueEconomist May 10, 2011
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grief-tourism

to travel especially to visit the scene of a tragedy or disaster.
Some take the opportunity to do some grief-tourism with the occasion of the latest floods...
by al3cs January 21, 2007
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