Meaning & use

palooza

noun·Everyday

An event or gathering marked by exuberant, large-scale celebration, often attached as a suffix to another word.

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The town's harvest palooza drew thousands of visitors for food, music, and games.

Fans called the reunion concert a total nostalgia palooza.

A note on using this word

Palooza is informal American slang, most often seen combined with another word, as in 'shopapalooza'.

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