glitz
[glits]Slang.
- ostentatious glitter or sophistication: a cocktail lounge noted for its glitz.
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- to add a showy sophistication to (often followed by up): They glitzed up the lobby with a couple of fountains and a birdcage.
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Origin of glitz
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Cars have national attributes and GM wants their luxury line to grab the glitz of New York instead of the grime of Detroit.
The paperback rights for Glitz, after it made the list, went for $500,000.
The pair met in 2001 and embarked on a romance of glitz and glamour that lasted over a decade.
Along with the glitz and the glamour of the era, Hamilton also recorded its troubling events.
Before working at Fox, Smith dabbled in acting, playing tiny roles in the movies, Swingin' in the Painter's Room, Cobb, and Glitz.
glitz
- slang ostentatious showiness; gaudiness or glitter
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Word Origin
C20: back formation from glitzy
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Word Origin and History for glitz
n.
1977, a back-formation from glitzy.
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