lollapalooza
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 23
- Words With Friends
- 28
- Letters
- 12
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Definition of lollapalooza
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(informal)An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
“When the show-down came, the other players informed him he had lost. One man had turned up a 2-4-6-8-9 of varied suits. ¶ "That," they all exclaimed, "is a Lollapalooza. It beats anything—even a Royal Flush."”
“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.”
“Far from the grand events that were once considered – speaking to Parliament or a more modest version of the lollapalooza that brought millions into Chicago streets – this six-hour hi-how-are-you redefines low key.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Unknown. Compare lollypaloozer and lallapalootza, which are attested earlier with similar meaning. Compare also 19th century slang la-la something unusually good.
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