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whammo, int.
(hwæməʊ: stress variable)
Also whamo.
[f. wham n.2 + -o2.]
= wham n.2 2; an exclamation suggesting a sudden violent blow or surprising event, etc.
1932Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 7 May, But the heavy comes to, and Whamo! The boy goes down bam. 1945Record (Philadelphia) 4 July 11/1 ‘Ring out the tidings, Grandpa!’ and the old gent spit on his hands, and Whammo! went the Liberty Bell. 1959N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 97 They meet again in New York..and whammo do they get together. I mean drinking and making love, nothing can stop them. 1969P. Dickinson Pride of Heroes i. 45 Everyone a bit nervy for about a fortnight, and then, whammo, something happens. 1981Daily Express 24 July 14/4, I put the telephone down and whammo! Another ‘little twinge’. |