“If Texas saw many, many more tornadoes, it would be called “Vortexas’”

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Entry from March 01, 2021

“If Texas saw many, many more tornadoes, it would be called “Vortexas’”

“VorTexas” (vortex + Texas) is a portmanteau word that is sometimes used. “#vorTexas” was posted on Twitter by Tammi Jonas on July 16, 2011.

“If Texas saw many, many more tornadoes, it would be called “Vortexas’” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on March 2, 2021.

Wikipedia: Vortex
In fluid dynamics, a vortex (plural vortices/vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved. Vortices form in stirred fluids, and may be observed in smoke rings, whirlpools in the wake of a boat, and the winds surrounding a tropical cyclone, tornado or dust devil.

Twitter
Tammi Jonas
@tammois

I *know*. #butforgot #vorTexas RT @crazybrave: @tammois don’t mess with Texas, honey 😊
10:36 PM · Jul 16, 2011·TweetDeck

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Tammi Jonas
@tammois
Did I mention we’re still in Texas? #vorTexas #blowout #RoadTripUSA
6:53 PM · Jul 17, 2011·TweetDeck

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Dr Naomi Parry
@drnaomi
Replying to @tammois
@tammois Yay, you got outta Texas!! (love the term Vortexas and will steal it for many jokes). #RoadTripUSA
5:28 PM · Jul 19, 2011·TweetDeck

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Gary Overby
@garyoverby
Polar vorTexas Tornadoes #FrozenBands @midnight
11:59 PM · Feb 12, 2014·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Tui Snider: Even Home is a Travel Destination
@TuiSnider
Deep in the heart of Vortexas! #Christmas #cookies #texas
5:12 PM · Nov 28, 2015 from Azle, TX·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
𝖆 𝖕𝖆𝖑𝖒 𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖊 𝖆𝖙 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙
@chuchukian
Texas? Vortex? No…. we live in Vortexas now.
1:17 AM · Feb 16, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/DENelson83 March 2, 2021
If Texas saw many, many more tornadoes
It would be called “Vortexas”.

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keepingitcreel
@Keepingitcreel
If Texas saw many, many more tornadoes It would be called “Vortexas”.
4:13 AM · Mar 2, 2021·IFTTT

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Dad
@ImYourDad___
If Texas saw many, many more tornadoes
It would be called “Vortexas”.
4:22 AM · Mar 2, 2021·IFTTT

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