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Welp, I wonder, if every time a writer is compelled to deploy the word "meme," they would consider changing it to "balloonatic," a word coined by Sam Leith, as a matter of record.
Raising an objection ... Frank Wilson 2008
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But you're wrong; for I've had several trips since; and now you've a perfect right to retort, "Well! you are a bigger _balloonatic_ than I took you for."
Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Anonymous
john commented on the word balloonatic
"The patron saint of the everyman school of cluster ballooning — the chief “balloonatic,�? if you will — is undoubtedly Lawrence Walters, a k a Lawn Chair Larry. In 1982, he became an overnight folk hero when he tied 42 weather balloons to a lawn chair in San Pedro, Calif., christened the craft “Inspiration I�? and shot up to more than 16,000 feet."
The New York Times, Grab Your Lawn Chair. Float Away., by Thomas Vinciguerra, July 13, 2008
July 14, 2008
alexz commented on the word balloonatic
Spotted this in Calgary news. Another guy goes on an aerial flight.
December 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word balloonatic
Spotted in an article about inflatable parade floats
November 19, 2018