Glitzkrieg

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An assault of luxuriousness, extravagance, or ostentation. informal

    "Because he parlayed the Brooklyn apartments built by his father into a metropolitan real-estate kingdom exemplified by the extraordinary Trump Tower, a glitzkrieg of marble, glass, and brass where millions shop and millionaires live, […]"

Example

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"Because he parlayed the Brooklyn apartments built by his father into a metropolitan real-estate kingdom exemplified by the extraordinary Trump Tower, a glitzkrieg of marble, glass, and brass where millions shop and millionaires live, […]"

Etymology

Blend of glitz + blitzkrieg.

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