单词 | lollapalooza |
释义 | lollapaloozan. U.S. slang. Something outstandingly good of its kind. ΘΚΠ 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.] ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1904 |
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