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- noun slang A highly
glamorous event.
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Examples
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Small wonder, since "Billy Elliot," seen from one point of view, has everything you could possibly want in a musical: It's a Thatcher-bashing, big-budget, three-hour glamfest that makes tough-minded noises but ends up being a 20-hankie weeper.
Karl Marx in a Tutu 2008
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The glamfest hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association serves multiple purposes: It can help sway Oscar voters who are still filling out their own nominations; it helps market movies like The Constant Gardner--distributed by an arm of General Electric's NBC Universal--and A History of Violence--distributed by an arm of Time Warner.
The Week Ahead: Jan. 16-20People To Watch: The Week Ahead Forbes.com staff 2006
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