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noun
1.
ostentatious or pretentious display.
verb (used with object)
2.
Slang. to treat with condescension; snub: The star ritzed the reporters and got a bad press.
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Put on the ritz
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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put on the ritz, Informal. to live in elegance and luxury, especially to make an ostentatious show of one's wealth: They put on the ritz to impress their guests. Also, put on the Ritz.
Origin:
1925–30; after the sumptuous hotels founded by César Ritz (died 1918), Swiss entrepreneur
1925–30; after the sumptuous hotels founded by César Ritz (died 1918), Swiss entrepreneur
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