razzle-dazzle 的詞源

  "一個詞，似乎是美國的創造，用來表達困惑或混亂的想法，快速的攪動和喧鬧，狂歡或醉酒等。同時，也指欺騙、欺詐； 誇張的宣傳" [OED]，1886年，美國英語俚語，是 dazzle（詳見）的變體重複。

My confrère, The Chevalier, last month gave a new name to the scarfs of disjointed pattern when he called them the razzle-dazzle. The name was evidently a hit of the most patent character, for in several avenue and Broadway stores the clerks have thrown out a display of broken figures before me and explained that the ruling style at present was the razzle-dazzle, and the word seems to have been equally effective with the public, for when it is quoted by the live salesman, the customer, I am told is at once interested and caught by it. [Clothier and Furnisher magazine, January 1889]

我的 confrère, The Chevalier，上個月給那些雜亂圖案的圍巾起了個新名字，叫做 razzle-dazzle。這個名字顯然是一個非常顯眼的命中，因爲在幾個大街和百老匯的商店裏，店員們在我面前擺出了一些破碎的圖案，並解釋說現在的流行款式是 razzle-dazzle。這個詞似乎對公衆也同樣有效，因爲當活躍的銷售員引用它時，我聽說顧客立刻產生了興趣並被吸引住了。[《服裝和傢俱雜誌》，1889年1月]

意思是"困惑的狀態"，來自1889年。