-a-palooza
See also: -apalooza
English edit
Etymology edit
From lallapalootza, lalapalooza, by analogy to Lollapalooza, a music festival.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
- Forms the name of a promotional event such as a presentation
- 2007, Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten, Christmas Belles, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 10:
- Honey Raye: Honey Raye Futrelle and Company proudly present ... Bethlehem-A-Palooza!
- 1998, Hal Erickson, Sid and Marty Krofft: A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children’s Television, 1969–1993, McFarland, →ISBN:
- September 16, 1995: The high-profile, high-rated Nickelodeon cable service runs Puf-a-Palooza, a 15-hour marathon of vintage Sid and Marty Krofft productions.
- 2007, Paul Carr, Graham Pond, The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life, Macmillan,, →ISBN, page 131:
- The dealership is located in Motorati Island, a 96-acre plot which General Motors plans to give away, plot by plot, in land grants to Second Life Residents keen to practise their automotive-building skills. This scheme they have christened Land-a-Palooza.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:-a-palooza.
- Emphasizes or exaggerates the element of a situation
- 2002, Richie Tankersley, The Angel Chronicles, Simon and Schuster,, →ISBN, page 17:
- “Halloween quiet?” Xander shot her a quizzical look. “I figured it would be a big old vamp scare-a-palooza.”
- 2004, Evan Thoman, Election 2004: How Bush Won and What You Can Expect in the Future, →ISBN, page 68:
- The room erupted into cheers. The staff meeting that day was a “laugh-a-palooza,” recalled a Bush aide.
- 2007, Catherine Mulvany, Something Wicked, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 102:
- This area is spring-a-palooza, but so far none of the springs we’ve explored has met Nash’s criteria.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:-a-palooza.
Alternative forms edit
- -palooza (sometimes used when added to a word that already ends in a vowel)