Tilt-A-Whirl

Meaning

Noun

  • A spinning-platform amusement ride that exposes its riders to unpredictable combinations of tilting, spinning and horizontal movement.
  • Any fast-paced, unpredictable and disorienting experience.

Origin

  • tilt + a + whirl. Invented in 1926 by Herbert Sellner of Sellner Manufacturing Company Inc. of Faribault, MN, U.S.A.

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