different between lollapalooza vs lallapalootza

English

Alternative forms

• lallapalooza, lalapalooza, lallapaloosa, lolapalooza, lolapaloosa, lollapaloosa

Etymology

Unknown. Compare lollypaloozer and lallapalootza, which are attested earlier with similar meaning. Compare also 19th century slang la-la "something unusually good".

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?l?p??luz?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?l?p??lu?z?/
• Hyphenation: lol?la?pa?loo?za

Noun

lollapalooza (plural lollapaloozas)

1. (informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
   • 1991 Nov. 3, Studs Terkel, "Keillor's elegy to randy radio" (Book Review of WLT A Radio Romance by Garrison Keillor), Chicago Sun-Times (retrieved 23 July 2011):

     Here is a novel of low comedy and high raillery. It's a lollapalooza that turns out to be a comic elegy for old-time radio.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• lollapalooza
• lalapalooza

Etymology

Origin unknown. Probably a fanciful formation.

Noun

lallapalootza (plural lallapalootzas)

1. (US, slang) Something very good of its kind.

Derived terms

• -a-palooza
• palooza

Translations