glamourama

English

Etymology

glamour +‎ -rama

Noun

glamourama (plural not attested)

1. A condition or state of flashiness or showiness; the type of glamour associated with celebrities.
   • 1986, David Eggleton, South Pacific Sunrise, page 22:

     In gold-thread lurex ankle-tied harem pants glamourama, their picture seen in every second shop this side of Tropicana, it's the slinky television hoofers at TV2 hoofing and walking tall.

   • 2006, Kimberly Llewellyn, Tulle Little, Tulle Late, →ISBN, page 297:

     The only things piercing the glow of dusk enveloping Avalon Advertising are the searchlights crisscrossing into the air, which adds a Hollywood-like glamourama to the event.

   • 2012, Dr Joost de Bruin, Dr Koos Zwaan, Adapting Idols, →ISBN:

     Its sense of national identity on display as a cultural construct is much stronger and more assertive in that it was a production decision to showcase 'national' if somewhat kitschy culture through ethnic folk costumes and visual glamourama.

2. An event or setting noted for its glamour or celebrity status
   • 1995 February 6, “Contents”, in New York Magazine, volume 28, number 6, page 7:

     Rumors of Princess Diana's said-to-be-imminent decampment for Manhattan — beyond her scheduled glamourama visit this week — are driving New York's celebrity-mad, boldface residents into a frenzy.

   • 2001, Shakespeare Jahrbuch - Volume 137, page 76:

     The cartoon is set in the lovey-dovey glamourama of an imaginary Elizabethan theatre company modelled on Shakespeare's men, where even William Shakespeare is a bisexual poetaster writing lovesick verse for the Earl of Southampton.

   • 2005, Keyboard - Volume 31, Issues 7-12, page 15:

     Snoozefest? I hear whispers that this year's Moogfest didn't quite capture the eclectic energy of 2004's glamourama

Adjective

glamourama (comparative more glamourama, superlative most glamourama)

1. Extremely glamorous, especially in a tacky way.
   • 2007, Paige Rense, Architectural digest private views, page 119:

     And the gold really shows the texture of the blocks; by night, they get very glamourama.

   • 2012, Susan Andersen, Bending The Rules, →ISBN:

     Cory couldn't help but wonder what Ms. Calloway's story was, why someone so glamourama was riding herd over a posse of captive graffiti artists.