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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--razzmatazz This week's theme: reduplicatives. razzmatazz (RAZ-muh-TAZ) noun 1. Noisy, showy display. 2. Ambiguous, evasive language. [Apparently an alteration of razzle-dazzle, which is a reduplicative of dazzle.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The singing, dancing, romancing musical takes place in Manhattan, 1922, and promises all the razzmatazz wanted from a big, bright, Broadway blockbuster!" Return to the Jazz Age For Latest Production; Isle of Man Examiner; Nov 13, 2006. X-Bonus Kindness is loving people more than they deserve. -Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

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