Citations:-a-palooza

Suffix

 * 1) Forms the name of a promotional event such as a presentation.
 * 2) * 1998, Hal Erickson, Sid and Marty Krofft, A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children’s Television, 1969–1993, McFarland, ISBN 078640518X,
 * September 16, 1995: The high-profile, high-rated Nickelodeon cable service runs Puf-a-Palooza, a 15-hour marathon of vintage Sid and Marty Krofft productions.
 * 1) * 1998, Karl Samson and Jane Aukshunas, Washington State, ISBN 0028618289, page 137
 * In the summer of 1997, the Crocodile staged Lounge-a-Palooza I with lots of lounge acts crooning for the lounge lizards.
 * 1) * 2003, E. J. Dionne, Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, and Robert E. Litan, United We Serve, National Service and the Future of Citizenship, Brookings Institution Press, ISBN 0815718667, pages 88–89
 * In 1997 we expanded the Path of Service and founded Serv-a-Palooza, an annual celebration of community and service that unites employees, vendors, community partners, and youth from our home community and twenty nations worldwide in a day of transformational service.
 * 1) * 2005, authorship uncredited, “Camp Lohikan in the Pocono Mountains”, Summer Opportunities for Kids & Teenagers, Peterson's, ISBN 076891891X, page 552
 * A rock band clinic is scheduled in July and August, during which camper musicians learn to write and play as a band and perform in one of Lohikan’s Camp-A-Palooza Concerts.
 * 1) * 2005, Sandra Choron and Harry Choron, “10 Silly Dog Contests”, Planet Dog, A Doglopedia, Houghton Mifflin Books, ISBN 0618517529, page 132
 * Woof-a-Palooza is held each year in Pittsboro, North Carolina, to benefit Chatham Animal Rescue and Education.
 * 1) * 2006, Andy Milonakis, The Andy Milonakis Quote Book, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416532854, page 81
 * “Wow, Andy! Thanks so much for inviting me to your Hot-Diggity-Dog-a-palooza-celebration-of-the-annual-time-of-the-winter-solstice.”
 * 1) * 2007 Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, Christmas Belles, Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 082222190X, page 10
 * Honey Raye: Honey Raye Futrelle and Company proudly present ... Bethlehem-A-Palooza!
 * 1) * 2007, Paul Carr and Graham Pond, The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life, Macmillan, ISBN 0312376480, page 131
 * The dealership is located in Motorati Island, a 96-acre plot which General Motors plans to give away, plot by plot, in land grants to Second Life Residents keen to practise their automotive-building skills. This scheme they have christened Land-a-Palooza.
 * 1) Emphasizes or exaggerates the element of a situation.
 * 2) * 1997 December 26, "1997's best performances on screen and stage", Entertainment Weekly:
 * Lilith’s revolving-door bill may have been short on truly edgy female acts, but this Estropalooza had a surfeit of softer riches.
 * 1) * 2002, Richie Tankersley, The Angel Chronicles, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0743431162, page 17
 * “Halloween quiet?” Xander shot her a quizzical look. “I figured it would be a big old vamp scare-a-palooza.”
 * 1) * 2004, Evan Thoman, Election 2004, How Bush Won and What You Can Expect in the Future, ISBN 1586482939, page 68
 * The room erupted into cheers. The staff meeting that day was a “laugh-a-palooza,” recalled a Bush aide.
 * 1) * 2005, Brian C. Anderson, South Park Conservatives, The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias, Regnery Publishing, ISBN 0895260190, page 98
 * Some viewers have expressed surprised at Miller’s seriousness. “I don't want it to be irony-a-palooza like it's been in the past,” he tells NewsMax’s James Hirsen by way of explanation.
 * 1) * 2005, Royce Flippin, The Best American Political Writing, Thunder's Mouth Press, ISBN 1560257717, page 85
 * Vice President Cheney feels free to kick the New York Times off his press plane, and John Ashcroft can refuse to speak with any print reporters during his Patriot-Act-a-palooza publicity tour, just to compliant local TV.
 * 1) * 2005, Michael Kostroff, Letters from Backstage, The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor, Allworth Communications, Inc., ISBN 1581154410
 * Mine was decidedly Daddio Visits the Studio, down to my black-and-white wingtips, Jack. Snazz-a-palooza!
 * 1) * 2006, Beth Killian, Life as a Poser, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416520317, page 116
 * Then tomorrow I’ll probably go shopping with my mother. She and I are totally bonding—it’s a regular mom-a-palooza out here.
 * 1) * 2007, Catherine Mulvany, Something Wicked, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416525572, page 102
 * This area is spring-a-palooza, but so far none of the springs we’ve explored has met Nash’s criteria.
 * This area is spring-a-palooza, but so far none of the springs we’ve explored has met Nash’s criteria.

Noun

 * 1) An exaggerated event.
 * 1995, November–January, Theater Week. ISSN 0896-1956, page 40
 * Thursday, January 25: My Piece of Heaven, comedy & music, 8 p.m. Comedy Palooza, stand-up, 10 p.m.
 * 2002, Darin Strauss, The Real McCoy, A Novel, Dutton, ISBN 0525946519, page 97
 * It was not a rumor, not merely news item, or talk, or fad. It became a palooza beyond even Johnnie Gold’s desires—a wonderment scattering far and wide out of the spacious mouth of the sky, billowing everywhere and expanding forever.