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...prior Burning Man ran a tent called the Pamela Anderson Lee Celebrity Badminton Tournament and Glamour Workshop. It wasn't until I allowed them to take a picture of my armpit and felt Carmen Libido raise my arm, inhale and shout "A+!!" that my gaydar blipped. When Shaboom Libido started videotaping and said, "This is Joel, our straight man, whom we are going to convert or at least use before this weekend is over," I realized these guys were gayer than the 1890s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Armpit Of Nevada | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

Their best brainwashing tactic was making me feel comfortable with my armpits, which I am so embarrassed about that I swim in a manner that might give my new friends the wrong idea. I felt even more liberated when Shaboom introduced me to an admirer of my picture. But when I asked him what exactly he liked, he said, "It's a funny face you're making." Seeing my devastation, he concocted a weak compliment--"nice growth formation of the hair"--but I was already woefully deprogramed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Armpit Of Nevada | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...certain twinkle in her eye, awaiting the predictable response. But for you, a Harvard guest at Yale, there is the moral dilemna, based on the olde rivalry. Should you play along, and be a Yalie, just for one night, or will you be true to your school? Be-wop, shaboom...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, SPECIAL TO THE WHAT IS TO BE DONE | Title: Weekend Odyssey in New Haven | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

Being an optimistic bunch, we had prepared a whole list of offensive cheers-the old standards (We want a touchdown; let's go; fight) plus a few original little goodies like our kick-line can-can cheer and "shaboom"--but our repertoire was sadly lacking in defensive cheers and in this game that was a serious mistake. After we'd screamed "hold that line" for the fifty-second time, we decided maybe it would be better if we just kept quiet until the Patriots got the ball...

Author: By Maxine S. Paisner, | Title: I Was a Radcliffe Cheerleader...and Lived to Tell the Tale | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

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