-rama
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rama"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A libfix, a modification of -orama, influenced by diorama and panorama, and thus indirectly derived from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāma, “sight, spectacle”).
Suffix
[edit]-rama
- Alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an r or vowel sound.
- camera → camerarama or
- future → futurama (formed by eliding the e and merging the two rs into one)
Usage notes
[edit]- The suffix is usually appended without hyphenation, or occasionally with hyphen intended to catch the eye.
Derived terms
[edit]- Cinerama
- futurama
- Glamarama, as a nickname for Tamarama Beach, in NSW, Australia
- Dollarama
- rifferama, music characterized by heavy riffing
- voterama/vote-a-rama, a kind of voting session in the US Senate; a voting registration event