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razzmatazz

1. Exciting, impressive effect or technique, especially that which is showy or dazzling. Also seen as "razzamatazz." There's so much razzmatazz in this film that, impressive as it is visually, it's nearly impossible to tell what is actually going on.
2. Evasive, disingenuous, or misleading speech. It's all just a bunch of razzmatazz meant to distract voters from just her close relationship with corporate lobbyists.
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razzmatazz

and razzamatazz (ˈræz(ə)məˈtæz)
n. deceptive talk; hype. Cut out the razzamatazz. How dumb do you think I am?
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Besides, the relevant aviation authorities should henceforth sensitise the politicians on the need for them to restrict their political razzmatazz to places like stadium and their party secretariats.
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we were looking and the glare blinded us the old razzmatazz of the free
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Near the end a razzmatazz group dance takes place in silence before the music returns, and a woman is caught in mid-jete as the lights go down--a transitory encounter that represents all of the others that Fagan has shown with cheerful and unsentimental accuracy in this work.
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