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-palooza

-palooza

8.6
A playful ending added to a word to mean a big lively event or a large amount
  • other
  • /pəˈluːzə/
  • Informal
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  • Join us for an exciting taco palooza this Saturday with music, games, and plenty of food.

Monster Palooza is here in Burbank or Glendale.

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Examples

  • So when the tariffs shenanigans begin, what I call the tariff Palooza began in earnest.

  • Monster Palooza is here in Burbank or Glendale.

    Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum

  • And then the ones I have here are milk of Palooza and cash cow.

  • We he earned the silver award for the hear now Palooza podcasting festival.

  • Do do David Duke was at Charlottesville's Hate a Palooza and he said this.

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • But, and I'll give one last shout out last week before I went going down to monster Palooza, I went and did the Speakeasy again.

  • This is son of Monster Palooza in Burbank, CA and companies like Immortal Masks bring some awesome products.

  • Also check out my blog beautybroadcast.net where I do have that post labeled Mascara Palooza where you can see what all mascaras I'm.

  • This Friday night, Do Say Palooza, his Los Angeles Dre, Sinatra DJ, Artistic Night Train DJ Benjamin Walker, Spent Select and Goldlink will be in the building.

  • At the festival, there was a pizza palooza featuring slices from dozens of local pizzerias.

Synonyms

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  • Slang
1 9.6

A slang ending that makes something sound very big

is more playful and lively, used to name a festive gathering

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The suffix -palooza comes from the name of the big music festival Lollapalooza, and that festival's name long ago meant 'an extraordinary thing'. So people add -palooza to words as a playful way to say 'a very large, lively event' or 'an overwhelming amount'.