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touron¹

Where it comes from

Blend of tourist + moron.

noun tourons

  1. A tourist who acts in an ignorant or idiotic manner. I peeled off my trencher and looped it through the shoulderstrap of my greatpurse. The youngest pickers eyed me wantonly. But they soon spotted me as a native and went back to hustling the tourons.

touron²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French touron. Doublet of turron.

noun tourons

  1. alternative Alternative form of turron The touron with the softest texture is Perpignan, where the maximum temperature is 251 °F (122 °C).

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"touron." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/touron. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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touron. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/touron

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"touron." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/touron.

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@misc{touron_2026,
  title = {touron},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/touron},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}