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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject: snazz up |
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| Circle lenses and colored lenses are a popular way to snazz up your look. |
I looked 'snazz up' up in my dictionary but I couldn't find it. Instead I could find 'snazzy' which means 'fashionable and attractive'.
1.What does 'snazz up' mean?
2.Is 'snazz up' used commonly among native speakers even if it doesn't appear in English dictionary?
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bakum123
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It means " to accentuate something".
ex)Let's accentuate some of the positive things about them. or Let's perk up some of the positive things about them.
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redset
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I think it just comes from 'snazzy' - to snazz something up just means make it snazzy. It's usually used to talk about taking something boring or plain and making it more interesting, more attractive or to give it more decorative.
It's really more of a colloquial phrase, it's not common exactly but people will generally know what you mean. It's definitely not correct grammar! Just to give you an idea of what's happening, I'll make up a few similar phrases - I've no idea if people actually use them, but they should get the general idea:
'Let's dance it up!' - let's do a lot of dancing
'Let's food it up!' - let's get some food in here
'Let's sparkle it up!' - let's make it sparkly
It's really a silly way of phrasing things, ramming an unsuitable word into a grammatical structure and not caring, because you know that people will get the idea (and they'll know you did it intentionally). It's an irreverent and 'fun' way of talking, basically  |
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