All That Jazz
The whole shebang
All that jazz dismisses a category of things as unworthy of detailed enumeration—roughly equivalent to "and so on" or "and the rest of that stuff." The phrase carries a note of weary familiarity or mild disdain: We talked about work, relationships, all that jazz.
It draws on jazz as a word once used loosely for anything lively, excessive, or hard to pin down.
- musicalSung theatrical production
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- FosseDefensive trench around fortifications
- showbizPerforming arts sector, casually
- razzle-dazzleShowy, confusing spectacle
sequins · stage lights · spotlight · choreography · cabaret · etcetera · and so on · glitz · pizzazz · razzmatazz · vaudeville · show business · Chicago · Bob Fosse · spectacle · big finish · showgirl · song and dance
- 1979 FilmsApocalypse Now, Kramer vs Kramer, Rocky II, Star Trek, Mad Max
- Stage MoviesA Chorus Line, Cabaret, Chicago, West Side Story, The Producers
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
All That Jazzspecifically
In a precise manner
namely · to wit · in particular · precisely · explicitly
All That Jazzthat's all
Statement of conclusion
period · full stop · no more no less · exclusively · nothing more
that, jazz, jazzy, jazzier, jazziest, jazziness, jazzman, jazzmen