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palooza

/pəˈlu.zə/

palooza noun: an exaggerated event.

Noun

palooza (plural paloozas)

  1. (neologism) An exaggerated event.
    • It was not a rumor, not merely news item, or talk, or fad. It became a palooza beyond even Johnnie Gold’s desires—a wonderment scattering far and wide out of the spacious mouth of the sky, billowing everywhere and expanding forever.2002, Darin Strauss, The Real McCoy: A Novel, Dutton, →ISBN, page 97
    • True, most of our competition did anything and everything to thwart every concert and promotion we were involved with over the summer months...especially Buzzard-Palooza (which was actually our turning point—when we began to attract our new audience).2003, Mike Olszewski, Radio Daze: Stories from the Front in Cleveland's FM Air Wars, Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 434

Examples of palooza in a sentence

  • That’s a palooza, in a nutshell: flexing your creative muscles to make your own fun.2005, John Lithgow, “Boredom Blasters”, “Rainy Day Fun Edition”, Running Press, page 5
  • We’re calling it “Super Tuesday Palooza”.2008 February 9, Peter Sagal, “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio:

Forms of palooza

pluralpaloozas

Origin of palooza

From Lollapalooza, a music festival, from lallapalooza, or from other events ending in -a-palooza which were named based on those two words.

Questions about palooza

What does palooza mean?
Palooza means an exaggerated event.
How do you use palooza in a sentence?
That’s a palooza, in a nutshell: flexing your creative muscles to make your own fun.
What part of speech is palooza?
Palooza is a noun.
How do you pronounce palooza?
Palooza is pronounced /pəˈlu.zə/.
What is the plural of palooza?
The plural of palooza is paloozas.

Words near palooza in the dictionary

  1. palonosetron
  2. palooka
  3. palookas
  4. Palookaville
  5. Paloona
  6. palooza
  7. paloozas
  8. palopegteriparatide
  9. Palopo
  10. palorchestid
  11. palorchestids

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