Spooktacular (Halloween spectacular) (1897, 1943)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Do either of these words have a standard definition that follows them
around?  Or do they just show up when someone wants to sound clever?

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> SPOOKTACULAR--392,000 Google hits
> ...
> OED? HDAS?
> ...
> ...
> (GOOGLE GROUPS)
> ...
> _Thurl Ravenscroft_
> (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.disney/browse_thread/
> thread/c0834891f4eafeb4/c96dcfc1125040a0?lnk=st&q=spooktacular
> &rnum=7&hl=e
> n#c96dcfc1125040a0)
> ... additional appearances with Spike Jones. Most notably, he
>  appeared on the record "Spike Jones - A Spooktacular". This
> record was a ...
> _rec.arts.disney_
> (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.disney?lnk=sg&hl=en)
>  - Nov 12 1992, 3:05 pm by Mark Heiss -  9 messages - 7 authors ...
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> (NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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>      _Charleston Daily Mail, The_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=W0CtXEq/mhWKI
> D/6NLMW2rOvKCLM8OrQ0Q5EMF/T/wHk9bstXFj0CUIF+CsZYmrz)
> _Wednesday, September 08, 1943_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tac
> ular"+AND+date:1943-09-08)  _Charleston,_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tac
> ular"+AND+cityid:5012+AND+stateid:102+AND+
> range:1759-1945)  _West Virginia_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tac
> ular"+AND+stateid:102+AND+range:1759-1945)   SPOOK-TACULAR.
> I can think of no more promising way to  spend an enjoyable
> evening than ...
>      _Joplin Globe_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Z8Lm5Wnx+nuKI
> D/6NLMW2v0Bqa0AiNdh+jtmKM0ogVLHiBf35r4+zA==)  _Thursday,
> March 23, 1944_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tac
> ular"+AND+date:19
> 44-03-23)  _Joplin,_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tac
> ular"+AND+cityid:14369+AND+stateid:58+AND+range:1759-1945)  _Missouri_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tac
> ular"+AND+stateid:
> 58+AND+range:1759-1945)   In-a-word  description of Simone
> Simon in "The
> Curse of the Cat SPOOK-TACULAR.  There's ...
>      _Daily Times-News, The_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=e0sfgs8TnFyKI
> D/6NLMW2uObZDUaAyW9NfrqMqY799h1O75684rUfkIF+CsZYmrz)
> _Thursday, May 31, 1945_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=spooktacul
> ar+AND+date:1945-05-31)  _Burlington,_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=spooktacul
> ar+AND+cityid:3889+AND+stateid:68+AND+range:1759-1945)
> _North Carolina_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=spooktacul
> ar+AND+stateid:68+AND+range:1759-1945)   A  SPOOKTACULAR
> performanc Emil
> Coleman's lovely his time, any boss  unloneer would ave the ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> _A  HALLOWE'EN PARTY._
> (http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=752899282&SrchMode
> =1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1158
> 692877&cl
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> LAURA A SMITH. Christian Observer (1840-1910). Louisville:
> Oct 27, 1897. Vol.
>  85, Iss. 43; p. 17 (1 page)
> ...
> Off came the black cover, disclosing a white one underneath,
> and the table was lighted with banquet lamps, and vases of
> chrysanthemums ornamented the places lately occupied by the
> "spooktacular" objects.
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