horse tornado

plural horse tornados · plural horse tornadoes

1. humorouscarousel

   "How much for the horse tornado?" "Sir, that's a carousel." "I must have it..."

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   Yevgenia was a liberated woman, so I had to depend for matinal nourishment on our rotund Russian housekeeper, Ninotchka Ivanova, a linguistic innovator of genius who normally arrived at seven a.m., bringing with her mistermed goodies like Bread Mushrooms (muffins), Cow Squirt (milk), Hen Poops (eggs), Pig Slice (bacon), or Yellow Greasy (butter), in a Stove Bowl (pot). She was late this morning, perhaps having sprained her Hand Ankle (wrist), hurt her arthritic Leg Hinge (knee), caught a Nose Shit (cold), missed her Wheel Tram (bus) or even stopped for a ride on a Horse Tornado (carousel), or to buy Cold Water with Corners (ice), so I had to get my own breakfast.

   2014, J.D. Frodsham, Fool's Mate, AuthorHouse, →ISBN

   "Horse tornado" is so much more metal than "carousel."

   2017 July 17, Madison Medeiros, quoting Correct Names (@CorrectNames), “You'll Love This Account That Documents The "Real Names" Of Everyday Objects”, in Refinery29, Vice Media

   Here's an example: Carmel's City Council recently removed funding for the mayor's $5 million carousel, i.e., one super-expensive horse tornado.

   2018 May 14, Curtis Honeycutt, “Grammar Guy: Battle of the Latin abbreviations”, in Gaston Gazette

   A carousel should be called a Horse Tornado.

   2018 May 29, Mark Joseph Sophia, “People Win While Renaming Popular Items With More Apt Descriptions”, in georgetakei.com, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2020