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Poro

Originally Finnish word for a reindeer.
In local slang, a definition for a person from Northern Finland, usually a Laplander.
In Estonian, a word for a stereotypical Finnish tourist, less commonly for any Finn. A person being with slow thinking, swearing, obesed and usually drunk .
Sometimes also called põder (moose), but this seems to be less offensive than poro.

Drunken tourists passing by, speaking loudly in Finnish
After a short pause, Finns walking away, one Estonian to another: "Porod" ("Poros")

by h2ppyme October 27, 2008

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