-a-palooza

From lallapalootza, lalapalooza, by analogy to Lollapalooza, a music festival.

• IPA^(key): /ə.pə.lu.zə/, /ə.pə.lʊ.zə/

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-a-palooza

1. 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.
2. 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.

• -palooza (sometimes used when added to a word that already ends in a vowel)