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odditorium

noun

Etymology

Blend of odd + auditorium; mainly used by the franchise of Ripley's Believe It or Not!.

  1. borrowed from audītōrium
  2. compounded as odditorium — “odd + auditorium”

Definitions

  1. A shop or museum exhibiting unusual curiosities.

    • […] and we found passageways with queer, quaint gables, and in a draper's shop, and in constant daily use, we came upon an ancient and beautiful oak staircase really fit for a palace, and we happened upon an "odditorium," […]
    • Today the syndicated daytime talk show is the straight-line mainstream descendant of the odditoriums and dunk-the-fool attractions of a century ago.
    • Ripley's has odditoriums across the United States, but the Key West location features many exhibits unique to our island.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA