showbiz

noun

show·​biz ˈshō-ˌbiz How to pronounce showbiz (audio)
often attributive
showbizzy adjective

Examples of showbiz in a Sentence

Sometimes the critics love you and sometimes they hate you. That's showbiz.
Recent Examples on the Web Ultimately, Streisand shook off her critics and made confident strides in showbiz without altering her facial features. Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024 Tom Hollander didn’t get into showbiz to play himself. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024 Gradually he and Gasparini were won over by Summers’s seemingly boundless reserve of showbiz stories and the theme of endurance that ran through them. Dave Itzkoff, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 Hooks could go for broke with the best of them, her Sweeney Sisters musical outings alongside Nora Dunn a throwback to Bill Murray's Nick the Lounge Singer in the duo's channeling of over-the-top low-rent showbiz glitz. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2023 Notably, hosting award shows has become one of the more thankless tasks in showbiz, so much so that the Globes – which admittedly suffered from its own spotty history and past scandals – essentially had to settle for Koy after other comedians declined the gig. Brian Lowry, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024 Though Mandla was eliminated from the show the following week, his time in showbiz wasn't over. Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024 The year before Danny McBride’s HBO series Eastbound and Down premiered in 2009, the showbiz multihyphenate plunked down a tad more than $1.4 million for a duplex penthouse in the heart of Hollywood that he’s now got on the market for a sliver under $1.8 million. Mark David, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023 Even so, there are whispers among showbiz bankers that WB Discovery may wind up tangling with activist investors pushing an alternate strategic agenda and management changes, as Peltz is doing with Disney. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of showbiz was in 1872

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“Showbiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/showbiz. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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showbiz

noun
show·​biz -ˌbiz How to pronounce showbiz (audio)

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