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rama

rama

13 9.1
A lively, exciting event with music, lights, or shows
  • noun
  • /ˈrɑːmə/
  • Informal
: rama
  • The festival was a true rama, filled with vibrant performances and colorful parades.
  • o-rama
  • vote-a-rama
  • bowl-o-rama

were the glowing neon signs of the peep shows Peep Land and Peep O Rama.

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Examples

  • Not your typical HC rama-lama-ding-dong with those guys, but it worked.

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  • Still, the minority can often use the vote-a-rama to force members of the majority party to take politically tough votes.

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  • And how's this for drama-rama?

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  • Thrill-o-rama!

  • Weird-o-rama.

  • The concert turned into a spectacular rama, dazzling the audience with breathtaking lights and music.

  • Her speech at the rally was an emotional rama that inspired everyone present.

Synonyms

8 3.8

An event that causes strong emotion and surprise

focuses more on lively or spectacular appearance than inner emotional turmoil

How Dramatic

extravaganza
36 7.5
spectacle
72 4.2
rama
  • Informal
13 9.1
celebration
501 1.0
occasion
762 3.1
event
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

rama singular
ramas plural

Etymology

The word rama comes from the word part -rama seen in names like panorama and Cinerama, and that part goes back to an old Greek word meaning 'view' or 'sight'. So a rama is a big, showy event or show, a loud, exciting 'view' for many people.