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wham-bam, -bang, adv. (or int.), a., (n.)
[f. wham n.2 2 + bam int. or bang v. 8.]
A. adv. or int. With a wham and a bang: used to denote a sudden or forceful effect (lit. or fig.); spec. with reference to sexual intercourse conducted quickly and without tenderness, esp. in phr. wham, bam, thank you ma'am.
1956B. Holiday Lady sings Blues (1973) ii. 22 With my regular white customers, it was a cinch. They had wives and kids to go home to. When they came to see me it was wham, bang, they gave me the money and were gone. Ibid. 25 ‘I thought I was giving you a chance,’ she spouted at me. ‘But you turned out to be a girl of bad character.’ Wham, bang, four months she handed me. 1971S. Firestone Dialectic of Sex vi. 152 Men are interested in nothing but a screw (wham, bam, thank you M'am!). 1977Ripped & Torn vi. 9/1 We play a set that starts at the beginning and goes Wham Bam Bam to the end. 1977Playgirl May 13/1 Not all men are ‘wham bam thank you ma'am’ types.
B. adj. Loud, violent, forceful (see also quot. 1960).
1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 573/1 Wham-bam, quick(ly) and rough(ly); displaying more energy than finesse. 1976Publishers Weekly 4 Oct. 65/2 Harbinson on Elvis..ticks off the outrageous ‘Hound Dog’ of pop music in wham-bam style. 1977Listener 20 Oct. 498/3 Screenwriters..know that it's mainly wham-bang shock effect that sells.
C. n. A sudden, violent effect.
1975Listener 17 July 68/3 Now it is the big wham-bang of sudden [price] rises. |