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glamourama

glamourama noun: a condition or state of flashiness or showiness; the type of glamour associated with celebrities.

Noun

glamourama (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A condition or state of flashiness or showiness; the type of glamour associated with celebrities.
    • In gold-thread lurex ankle-tied harem pants glamourama, their picture seen in every second shop this side of Tropicana, it's the slinky television hoofers at TV2 hoofing and walking tall.1986, David Eggleton, South Pacific Sunrise, page 22
    • The only things piercing the glow of dusk enveloping Avalon Advertising are the searchlights crisscrossing into the air, which adds a Hollywood-like glamourama to the event.2006, Kimberly Llewellyn, Tulle Little, Tulle Late, →ISBN, page 297
  2. (no plural) An event or setting noted for its glamour or celebrity status
    • Rumors of Princess Diana's said-to-be-imminent decampment for Manhattan — beyond her scheduled glamourama visit this week — are driving New York's celebrity-mad, boldface residents into a frenzy.1995 February 6, “Contents”, in New York Magazine, volume 28, number 6, page 7
    • The cartoon is set in the lovey-dovey glamourama of an imaginary Elizabethan theatre company modelled on Shakespeare's men, where even William Shakespeare is a bisexual poetaster writing lovesick verse for the Earl of Southampton.2001, Shakespeare Jahrbuch - Volume 137, page 76

Adjective

glamourama (comparative more glamourama, superlative most glamourama)

  1. Extremely glamorous, especially in a tacky way.
    • And the gold really shows the texture of the blocks; by night, they get very glamourama.2007, Paige Rense, Architectural digest private views, page 119
    • Cory couldn't help but wonder what Ms. Calloway's story was, why someone so glamourama was riding herd over a posse of captive graffiti artists.2012, Susan Andersen, Bending The Rules, →ISBN

Forms of glamourama

comparativemore glamourama
superlativemost glamourama

Origin of glamourama

From glamour + -rama.

Questions about glamourama

What does glamourama mean?
Glamourama means a condition or state of flashiness or showiness; the type of glamour associated with celebrities.
What part of speech is glamourama?
Glamourama can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near glamourama in the dictionary

  1. glamour model
  2. glamour models
  3. glamour photography
  4. glamour-puss
  5. glamour-pusses
  6. glamourama
  7. glamoured
  8. glamourful
  9. glamourie
  10. glamouring
  11. glamourisation

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