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razzmatazz, razzamatazz colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˌræzməˈtæz, ˌræzəməˈtæz|
Also razamataz(z, razmataz(z, razz-ma-tazz, etc.
[Origin unknown; perh. alteration of razzle-dazzle.]
a. A type of rag-time or early jazz music; old-fashioned ‘straight’ jazz; sentimental, ‘corny’ jazz; hence anything old-fashioned; stuff, rubbish.
b. Noisy, showy publicity; meretricious or extravagant display; an event surrounded by such publicity or display; fuss, commotion, garishness. Also attrib. or as adj.
In quot. 1899 the sense is uncertain but may be ‘up-to-date, stylish’ or ‘cultured, superior’.
1899G. Ade Fables in Slang 37 It would be a Big Help to the Poor and Uncultured to see what a Real Razmataz Lady was like. 1901T. D. Collins (title of piano music) Raz-a-ma-taz. 1901W. H. Smith (title of piano music) Raz-ma-taz. 1936Amer. Mercury XXXVIII. p. x/2 Rooty-toot,—unadulterated corn; razz-ma-tazz. 1937Amer. Speech XII. 48/1 Razmataz band, a band which plays in an outmoded style. 1938Brit. Empire Mod. Eng. Illustr. Dict. 1257/1 Razz-ma-tazz (Am.), old-fashioned jazz. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §579/2 ‘Straight Jazz.’ (Old-fashioned jazz, which reproduces the score faithfully, as distinguished from ‘swing’.)..razzmatazz. 1947Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 25 Oct. 65/2 Expert horsing of the old razzmatazz style by an expert horsewoman. 1950C. Coben Old Piano Roll Blues (song), And while we kiss, kiss, kiss away all our cares, The player piano's playin' razzamatazz, I wanna hear it again. 1953Berry & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) (ed. 2) §233/5 Something old-fashioned,..razzmatazz. 1958People 4 May 8/2 She will, from next Friday when she flies to Cannes, be getting the full razza⁓ma-tazz, big-star build-up. 1958Spectator 1 Aug. 174/3 Don't you remember anything about the Twenties but crime, booze, flappers, religious razzmatazz? 1959J. Wain Travelling Woman x. 148 The enormous selling bonanza that was going on about him, in its astonishing flood of genuine goodwill, even a grain here and there of genuine piety, with unscrupulous salesman's razzmatazz, heightened his sense of living in a dream. 1961Sunday Times 26 Nov. 48/3 Barbara Murray, a girl who is entirely wasted on rats, retorts and all that razzmatazz. 1963The Beatles 9 Though some of our material is a bit out of the way for a razzamatazz chap like him. 1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iv. 59 The great wide streets have an air of grandeur which even the razz-ma-tazz of neon cannot wholly mar. 1969Listener 17 Apr. 544/1 Oh! What a lovely war (Paramount) is a razz-ma-tazz spectacular. 1970Times 9 Mar. 13/1 He turned, as might have been expected, a fairly serious event into a razamataz. 1971Morning Star 8 Mar. 4/7 Some of the hotels and centres can be a bit razzamataz and noisy, especially at night. 1972Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Feb. 32/1 There was no need to go through ‘all this razzmatazz’. The replacing of white centre lines with yellow ones wasn't all that difficult to comprehend. 1973Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 5 (Advt.), We thought the car good enough not to need any launch gimmicks or razmataz. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 23 Nov. 22/3 Opening day Thursday had all the razzmatazz of a revival meeting. 1974Time Out 27 Sept. 23/1 There is the host, resplendent in white satin, razmatazz shirt. 1977Listener 20 Oct. 508/3 This programme included a razzmatazz of presentational devices which seemed better suited to a giveaway quiz show. 1979Guardian 1 May 30/1 In keeping with the showbiz, razz⁓matazz side of the election, the most glamorous transport belongs to the media. |