Meanings
plural glitzkriegs
- informalAn assault of luxuriousness, extravagance, or ostentation.
"Supermodels" were launched during the glitzkrieg of the '80s, when brand-name girls like Linda, Christy, Naomi, and Cindy were promoted as special commodities with individual identities.
1996 March, Rhonda Lieberman, “I, Fabulous”, in Spin, page 762 more examples
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, […]
1984, Vanity Fair, volume 47, page 62The Bollywood Saga, by Dinesh Raheja and Jitendra Kothari, documents the journey of Hindi films, analysing changes that marked each passing era — from the early silent years to the post-millennial "glitzkrieg" of mega-budget films.
2004, India Today International, volume 3, numbers 39-52, unnumbered page
Origin
Blend of glitz + blitzkrieg.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
glitzkrieg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glitzkrieg
“glitzkrieg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glitzkrieg. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glitzkrieg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glitzkrieg.
Source: glitzkrieg on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.