lollapalooza

== English == === Alternative forms === lallapalooza, lalapalooza, lallapaloosa, lolapalooza, lolapaloosa, lollapaloosa === Etymology === Unknown. Compare lollypaloozer and lallapalootza, which are attested earlier with similar meaning. Compare also 19th century slang la-la something unusually good. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌlɑləpəˈluzə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌlɒləpəˈluːzə/ Hyphenation: lol‧la‧pa‧loo‧za === Noun === lollapalooza (plural lollapaloozas) (informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind. 1991 Nov. 3, Studs Terkel, "Keillor's elegy to randy radio" (Book Review of WLT A Radio Romance by Garrison Keillor), Chicago Sun-Times (retrieved 23 July 2011): Here is a novel of low comedy and high raillery. It's a lollapalooza that turns out to be a comic elegy for old-time radio. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “lallapaloosa n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.