Etymologies
- By onomatopoeia (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Take 18 years to line up against a target and then "blam" out comes a graduate prepared for the job market.”
My Education Rant, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“NOT just the "blam" and blood everywhere like you see in Doom, but actual grieving.”
“All that's missing is a "blam" and a "ka-pow" on-screen -- thought there just might be one or two of those tossed into the unpleasantly ornate backgrounds without our knowing.”
“When you do, you ought to consider Ka-Blam (www. ka-blam.com) if you haven't found a publisher to pick it up by then.”
Emerald City Abides | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
“I got sucked into playing a few games of Mordheim, never got around to buying it, and blam!”
Space Hulk: right place, right time « Third Point of Singularity
“So I did, and blam, the headache went away in under 5 minutes of pressing on my hand!”
“Ivan snatches up his gun, and shouts, Alvin! and Alvin opens the window and blam!”
“Dont blam the round for faulty marksmanship and basic shooting.”
“If they're not already hooked up to a CPAP mask, they start to snore, and then blam, the delta indicators start making wavy lines, curving into a twisted mountain road pattern, the topographical map of the Oregon Trail.”
“Better luck next time; somebody will be along with the blam stick presently.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blam’.
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Public List: Two by Fives
This is an experiment in public lists--something I've been thinking about for some time. The goal is to create a collection of short, powerful, evocative words.
This is an open list. A...icy, howl, hymn, thorn, fire, vile, mist, blunt, scum, dark, shot, gleam and 221 more...
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onomatopoeias (1 syllable)
1 syllable words that mean what they sound like.
(dictionaried or un-dictionaried words | onomatopoeic in nature)
onomatopoeias (2 syllable) | onomatopoeias (3+ syllables)
gush, buzz, pop, woof, boo, bam, bang, bash, bump, clang, clap, click and 102 more...
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spam-o-vision
spammy, spam, spam spam spam spam, spamtastic, spammer, spamvertising, spamless, spammier, spammiest, spamminess, spamvertised, spammable and 30 more...
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mager's Words
enigmatic, pragmatic, pulchritudinous, nincompoop, annihilation, sociality, entailment, acrosome, egalitarian, culture, technocracy, shenanigan and 541 more...
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Words that should be used more often
Fun words that should be used more often. Words I use in casual conversation. So casual, nobody bothers to comment on it.
harangue, slog, anal-snapping, blam, flibbertigibbet, behoove, agog, dandy, heinous, cockamamie, atwitter, persnickety and 4 more...
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Newfangled Thingamabobs
Words that are new in my time. Not meant to be comprehensive, this is a list that makes me remember where I was when I first saw it and/or heard it. Words that stick out in my memory.
bushism, reaganomics, hella, automagically, squick, crunt, blam, dvd, compact disc, phishing, betamax
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Localisms, don'cha know?
Welcome to Minnesota!
these are things i've overheard locally in others' casual conversations. words that you wouldn't expect to hear in this area, but that i have heard utterred out loud. in...spendy, lemonass, anal-snapping, fucktard, blam, cro-magnon, banshee, kook, atwitter, facetious, bruhaha, brouhaha and 13 more...
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code names
numinous, mercurial, kinetic, pastiche, necropolis, frieze, chiaroscuro, melisma, efflorescence, saturnine, fabric, milquetoast and 75 more...
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Fan-O-Rama
Words and things associated with various fandoms. Words that amuse me in these fandoms. Words from online fandoms.
tardis, metropolis, gotham, squee, fanfic, slash, doctor, prancy, bat boy, flash, wonder woman, snark and 35 more...
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Onomatopoeia
Why doesn't that word sound like what it's describing?
boom, splash, sizzle, blam, whap, whomp, pow, poof, crash, screech, whimper, bang and 20 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for blam.
alexz "blog spam"
Apr 13, 2013
yarb ...the storm's blam had blown my mother's wits away...
- William Gass, The Tunnel May 11, 2009