different between palooza vs lallapalootza

English

Etymology

From Lollapalooza, a music festival, from lallapalooza

Noun

palooza (plural paloozas)

1. (neologism) An exaggerated event.
   • 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.

   • 2003, Mike Olszewski, Radio Daze, Stories from the Front in Cleveland's FM Air Wars, Kent State University Press, ?ISBN, page 434

     True, most of our competition did anything and everything to thwart every concert and promotion we were involved with over the summer months...especially Buzzard-Palooza (which was actually our turning point—when we began to attract our new audience).

   • 2005, John Lithgow, “Boredom Blasters”, “Rainy Day Fun Edition”, Running Press, ?ISBN, page 5

     That’s a palooza, in a nutshell: flexing your creative muscles to make your own fun. So have a go at one or all of these, and don’t say I didn’t warn you—once you get a taste of doing a palooza, you’ll go from wondering what you’re going to do all day to wondering where all the time went!

   • 2008 February 9, Peter Sagal, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio

     Now, we’re gonna start you off this week with a special edition of Carl Kasell’s Countdown. We’re calling it “Super Tuesday Palooza”.

Related terms

• -a-palooza

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

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