smell-o-rama

English

Etymology

From smell +‎ -o-rama.

Noun

smell-o-rama (plural smell-o-ramas)

1. (informal) A fictional name for technology that reproduces odor.
   • 1995 May 15, John Simon, “Wings of Courage”, in National Review:

     Scoffers will duly scoff as they did at sound, color, and wide screen. On the other hand, Smellorama did not catch on -- most movies manage to smell without it.

   • 2000 September, L. B. Sedlacek, Suicide Pumpkins: A Love Story, Xlibris Corporation, page 86:

     I inhale slowly not wanting to miss any ounce of nature’s freely provided version of smell-o-rama.

   • 2002 October, Reginald E. Zelnik, Robert Cohen, The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s, University of California Press, page 188:

     At the end, I had managed to transform my humiliation into a triumph of smell-o-rama weaponry. I wore my odors now as a badge, a rite of passage

   • 2003±, David R. Ambos, Letters from The Nude Lake (and other Historic Monuments), page 137, Trafford Publishing

     the 4:44 Geary is one of the few buses also produced in Full Stereophonic Smell-O-Rama.

   • 2006 May, Richard Grayson, And to Think That He Kissed Him on Lorimer Street, Lulu.com, page 136:

     The cashier gave us Smell-o-rama cards with scratch-n-sniff odors like sweaty sneakers and shit.

Usage notes

Capitalization varies according to the author’s intention as a faux brand