palooza
/pəˈlu.zə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An exaggerated event.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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)."
- "That’s a palooza, in a nutshell: flexing your creative muscles to make your own fun. So have a go at one or all of these, and don’t say I didn’t warn you—once you get a taste of doing a palooza, you’ll go from wondering what you’re going to do all day to wondering where all the time went!"
- "Now, we’re gonna start you off this week with a special edition of Carl Kasell’s Countdown. We’re calling it “Super Tuesday Palooza”."
Etymology
From Lollapalooza, a music festival, from lallapalooza, or from other events ending in -a-palooza which were named based on those two words.