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单词 lollapalooza
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lollapaloozan.

Brit. /ˌlɒləpəˈluːzə/, U.S. /ˌlɑləpəˈluzə/
Forms: Also lala-, lalla-, -paloosa, -palooser, -paloozer, etc.
Etymology: Fanciful formation. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) enters this under the headword lallapaloosa and gives the pronunciation as (læ:lăpălū·să,-ză) /ˌlæləpəˈluːsə/,/-zə/.
U.S. slang.
Something outstandingly good of its kind.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing
starOE
dainty1340
daisyc1485
say-piece1535
bravery1583
paragon1585
daint1633
rapper1653
supernaculum1704
dandy1785
roarer1813
sneezer1823
plum1825
trimmer1827
sockdolager1838
rasper1844
dinger1861
job1863
fizzer1866
champagne1880
beauty1882
pie1884
twanger1889
smasher1894
crackerjack1895
Taj Mahal1895
beaut1896
pearler1901
lollapalooza1904
bearcat1909
beaner1911
grande dame1915
Rolls-Royce1916
the nuts1917
pipperoo1939
rubydazzler1941
rumpty1941
rumptydooler1941
snodger1941
sockeroo1942
sweetheart1942
zinger1955
blue-chipper1957
ring-a-ding1959
premier cru1965
sharpie1970
stormer1978
1904 ‘H. McHugh’ I'm from Missouri vi. 89 Saturday night we had our final parade with the fireworks finish, and it was a lallapalootza!
1909 F. B. Calhoun Miss Minerva xxvi. 204 You sho' is genoowine corn-fed, sterlin' silver, all-wool-an'-a-yard-wide, pure-leaf, Green-River Lollapaloosas.
1911 Dial. Notes 3 545 A second word~list from Nebraska... Lallapaloosa, something fine or grand; a term of approbation. ‘You have a lallapaloosa of a hat’, ‘That's a lallapaloosa.’
1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof i. 40 To-day he had been so preoccupied with his broken heart that he had made his shots absently, almost carelessly, with the result that at least one in every three had been a lallapaloosa.
1933 A. Merritt Burn Witch Burn! (1934) x. 135 She thinks this doll woman a lallapaloozer. Yeah, a lallapaloozer, a corker!
1947 W. Stevens Let. 28 Feb. (1967) 547 I think that the book, as a book, is a lollapalooza.
1951 New Yorker 20 Oct. 28/3 Though I had long ago forgotten the background, characters, and plot, I distinctly remembered it as a lollapaloosa.
1966 Listener 2 June 811/1 What is the tone of lalapalooza, since Hector was a pup, bumbershoot, hornswoggle, Milwaukee tumour, benzine buggy—or lalapalooza's equivalent, époustouflante?
1970 S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 172 All agreed that Luba Pneumatiç was a lollapaloosa, the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Draft additions June 2021

Originally and chiefly U.S. Often with capital initial. A large gathering or spectacular event devoted to exhibiting or promoting something; a festival or fair. [After Lollapalooza, the name of a festival of alternative music and other arts which began on a touring basis across a number of locations in the United States and Canada in the summer of 1991.]
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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > types of
show1793
World's Fair1850
world fair1851
science fair1930
art installation1960
Expo1963
lollapalooza1993
1993 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 28 May d4/4 The Africa Fete, intended by Mango Records as a ‘Lollapalooza of African music’ will feature Angelique Kidjo..and the Boukman Eksperyans.
1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Oct. 116/1 Madonna begs a piggy nine seats for one of Gianni Versace's runway lollapaloozas in Milan.
2003 N.Y. Mag. 20 Jan. 99/3 Several fairs roll into town for an antiques lollapalooza.
2016 Postmedia Breaking News (Nexis) 4 July The Chief Justice of Canada was one of the speakers at Congress 2016, a Lollapalooza of humanities research at the University of Calgary.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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