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Outstanding vs Lollapalooza - What's the difference?

outstanding | lollapalooza |

As an adjective outstanding

is prominent or noticeable; standing out from others.

As a noun lollapalooza is

(informal) an outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.

outstanding

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
  • exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority
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  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.}}
  • projecting outwards
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  • unresolved; not settled or finished
  • owed as a debt
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    • Derived terms

    * outstandingly

    Related terms

    * stand out * stand-out

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    lollapalooza

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lallapalooza, lalapalooza, lallapaloosa, lolapalooza, lolapaloosa

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
  • * 1991 Nov. 3, , " Keillor's elegy to randy radio]" (Book Review of WLT A Radio Romance'' by [[w:Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor]), ''Chicago Sun-Times (retrieved 23 July 2011):
    • Here is a novel of low comedy and high raillery. It's a lollapalooza that turns out to be a comic elegy for old-time radio.
  • * 1998 Feb. 22, , " Bottom of the Barrel" (Book Review of Star-Spangled Men: America's Ten Worst Presidents'' by Nathan Miller), ''New York Times (retrieved 23 July 2011):
    • Promising to destroy the Soviet Union would have been a lollapalooza even for Reagan, since part of his election strategy was to fight his image as a warmonger.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 17, author=, title=Harper's political payoff is the photo-op, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=Far from the grand events that were once considered – speaking to Parliament or a more modest version of the lollapalooza that brought millions into Chicago streets – this six-hour hi-how-are-you redefines low key.}}