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revusical slang. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|rɪˈvjuːzɪkəl|
[f. revue + musical n.]
A theatrical entertainment that combines elements of the revue and musical.
1931Amer. Speech VII. 45 Torso tossers dance in revusicals which might even turn out floperoos. 1935A. C. Baugh Hist. Eng. Lang. x. 378 Often such coinages [of portmanteau words] are formed with a playful or humorous intent... Paradoxology, alcoholiday, anecdotage, revusical, yellowcution, and the like, often reveal flashes of wit. 1936Daily Mirror (N.Y.) 22 Apr. 10/4 Harriet Hoctor's class in ‘The Ziegfeld Follies’, the revusical. 1941Amer. Speech XVI. 16/1 Pardon Us Please, ‘presenting thirty-five stars in person’, advertises itself in newspapers as a Revusical. 1967New Idea (Austral.) 23 Feb. 6/4 John McKellar's invention, a revusical, opening in Sydney..called Hail Gloria Fitzpatrick. The Phillip Theatre..coined the word revusical to describe a show that will cover every facet of theatre work. |