Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A flashy action or display intended to bewilder, confuse, or deceive.
- n. Slang Ambiguous or evasive language; double talk.
- n. Slang Ebullient energy; vim.
Wiktionary
- n. Ambiguous or meaningless language.
- n. Empty and tiresome speculation.
- n. Something presenting itself in a fanciful and showy, often unrealistic manner, especially when intended to impress and confuse.
- n. A long and imposing series of mindless but necessary tasks; drudgery.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent
Etymologies
- Perhaps alteration of razzle-dazzle.
Examples
“In short, razzmatazz Las Vegas has come to Toronto.”
““LORD Mandelson has admitted Gordon Brown's leadership needs more "razzmatazz", as the Prime Minister fought off renewed attacks on his leadership style during a trip to the United States””
“EDITOR: I think a lack of 'razzmatazz' is the least of Mr Brown's problem behaviour...”
“He and Kym performed a glitzy Broadway number that put Donny in tails, offered 100 percent what Len always calls "razzmatazz," and played up every showbiz cliché Donny has at his disposal.”
“Even his key Cabinet ally, the influential business secretary Peter Mandelson, said Brown must show more "razzmatazz," to entice voters disillusioned with his leadership.”
“Lord Mandelson, the influential Business Secretary, last week publicly called on him to show more "razzmatazz".”
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
“West Bromwich 3 West Ham 2: Zola discovers size of task on and off field Liverpool 2 Manchester United 1: Alonso has right spirit as Liverpool ruin big day for Berbatov Manchester City 1 Chelsea 3: Lampard adds a note of reality to City 'razzmatazz”
“West Bromwich 3 West Ham 2: Zola discovers size of task on and off field Portsmouth 2 Middlesbrough 1: Defoe and Crouch on song as Pompey tune up for Uefa Cup Manchester City 1 Chelsea 3: Lampard adds a note of reality to City 'razzmatazz”
“Liverpool 2 Manchester United 1: Alonso has right spirit as Liverpool ruin big day for Berbatov Portsmouth 2 Middlesbrough 1: Defoe and Crouch on song as Pompey tune up for Uefa Cup Manchester City 1 Chelsea 3: Lampard adds a note of reality to City 'razzmatazz”
“razzmatazz" got a round of back slaps from his mates when that rhyme came skipping from his lips?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘razzmatazz’.
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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Uncommon Colours
azure, myrtle, periwinkle, viridian, jade, emerald, lime, chartreuse, asparagus, celadon, harlequin, olive and 147 more...
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Crayon Colors
This is a continuing list of Crayon Colors past and present. As I find new ones added to the "box", I will add them here as well!
black, blue, brown, apricot, bittersweet, blue green, blue violet, brick red, burnt sienna, carnation pink, cornflower, flesh and 134 more...
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Confusually
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baffle, farrago, confound, befuddle, daze, disorient, discombobulate, stupefy, perplex, mystify, bewilder, boggle and 134 more...
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forms/acts: art
threnody, eisegesis, imbricate, screed, lapis, requiem, colophon, homunculus, deus ex machina, apophthegm, anastrophe, anaphora and 9 more...
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Lyngwistix
semantic, semiotic, linguistic, etc.
lexeme, sonorant, prosody, monophthong, portmanteau, dithyramb, inflection, deixis, mondegreen, screed, persiflage, polysemy and 27 more...
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the beat & the break
words relating to rhythm
syncope, ascensional, sonant, syncopate, assonance, caesura, prosody, modulation, cadence, rhythm, interval, clitter and 7 more...
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Zee's zees
zounds, syzygy, pizzaz, zamzodden, xyzzy, zzzax, ziz, razzamatazz, razzmatazz, zoonosis, syzygy, chutzpah and 11 more...
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Long
denegation, razzmatazz, razzamatazz, platitudinarian, eleemosynary, rhinotillexomania, supercalifragilis..., flibbertigibbet
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English nouns
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pajchiwo blichtr Jan 18, 2012
lbeaumont As a color it is a rose or pinkish. Oct 15, 2010
seanahan Also pizzazz, if you choose to spell it that way. You can drop any of the z's and it will be comprehensible, or even two if they're non-adjacent. Aug 8, 2007
laurea aka razzamatazz Aug 8, 2007
oroboros contains 4 (!count 'em!)z's. yea! Dec 2, 2006