Citations:-a-palooza
English citations of -a-palooza and palooza
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- Forms the name of a promotional event such as a presentation.
- 1994, July, UWI, “COMPLEMENT to debut at NOISE -A- PALOOZA show”, in THE ISEA NEWSLETTER[1]:
- USA Noise-a-palooza will bring together several atypical fringe-dwelling musicians and surround them with visual experiments of all sorts.
- 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.
- 1998, Karl Samson and Jane Aukshunas, Washington State, →ISBN, page 137
- In the summer of 1997, the Crocodile staged Lounge-a-Palooza I with lots of lounge acts crooning for the lounge lizards.
- 2003, E. J. Dionne, Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, and Robert E. Litan, United We Serve, National Service and the Future of Citizenship, Brookings Institution Press, →ISBN, pages 88–89
- In 1997 we expanded the Path of Service and founded Serv-a-Palooza, an annual celebration of community and service that unites employees, vendors, community partners, and youth from our home community and twenty nations worldwide in a day of transformational service.
- 2005, authorship uncredited, “Camp Lohikan in the Pocono Mountains”, Summer Opportunities for Kids & Teenagers, Peterson's, →ISBN, page 552
- A rock band clinic is scheduled in July and August, during which camper musicians learn to write and play as a band and perform in one of Lohikan’s Camp-A-Palooza Concerts.
- 2005, Sandra Choron and Harry Choron, “10 Silly Dog Contests”, Planet Dog, A Doglopedia, Houghton Mifflin Books, →ISBN, page 132
- Woof-a-Palooza is held each year in Pittsboro, North Carolina, to benefit Chatham Animal Rescue and Education.
- 2006, Andy Milonakis, The Andy Milonakis Quote Book, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81
- “Wow, Andy! Thanks so much for inviting me to your Hot-Diggity-Dog-a-palooza-celebration-of-the-annual-time-of-the-winter-solstice.”
- 2007 Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, Christmas Belles, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 10
- Honey Raye: Honey Raye Futrelle and Company proudly present ... Bethlehem-A-Palooza!
- 2007, Paul Carr and 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.
- Emphasizes or exaggerates the element of a situation.
- 1997 December 26, "1997's best performances on screen and stage", Entertainment Weekly:
- Lilith’s revolving-door bill may have been short on truly edgy female acts, but this Estropalooza had a surfeit of softer riches.
- 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.
- 2005, Brian C. Anderson, South Park Conservatives, The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias, Regnery Publishing, →ISBN, page 98
- Some viewers have expressed surprised at Miller’s seriousness. “I don't want it to be irony-a-palooza like it's been in the past,” he tells NewsMax’s James Hirsen by way of explanation.
- 2005, Royce Flippin, The Best American Political Writing, Thunder's Mouth Press, →ISBN, page 85
- Vice President Cheney feels free to kick the New York Times off his press plane, and John Ashcroft can refuse to speak with any print reporters during his Patriot-Act-a-palooza publicity tour, just to compliant local TV.
- 2005, Michael Kostroff, Letters from Backstage, The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor, Allworth Communications, Inc., →ISBN
- Mine was decidedly Daddio Visits the Studio, down to my black-and-white wingtips, Jack. Snazz-a-palooza!
- 2006, Beth Killian, Life as a Poser, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 116
- Then tomorrow I’ll probably go shopping with my mother. She and I are totally bonding—it’s a regular mom-a-palooza out here.
- 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.
- 1997 December 26, "1997's best performances on screen and stage", Entertainment Weekly:
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- An exaggerated event.
- 1995, November–January, Theater Week. ISSN 0896-1956, page 40
- Thursday, January 25: My Piece of Heaven, comedy & music, 8 p.m. Comedy Palooza, stand-up, 10 p.m.
- 2002, Darin Strauss, The Real McCoy, A Novel, Dutton, →ISBN, page 97
- 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.
- 2004, John Lithgow, A Lithgow Palooza! 101 Ways to Entertain and Inspire your Kids, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page xii:
- Who knows? My paloozas may spark another one that never occurred to me. That's sure to be the best palooza of all.
- 2013, Megan Moore Gardner, Kimberly A. Kline, Marilee J. Bresciani, Assessing Student Learning in the Community and Two-year College, Sterling, Virginia: Stylus, →ISBN, SLO Assessment:
- This dialogue occurs during an event called “Assessment Palooza,” a name chosen to deliberately invoke a sense of joy around the celebration of SLO assessment.