Definitions
Wiktionary
- interj. alternative spelling of shazaam.
Etymologies
- Arguably coined by Bill Parker in February 1940. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I simply do not trust a group that places their own self-interests in front of the public's and "shazam .." declare the reform to be humanitarian.”
“It's fun and looks good, but I tend to think the "shazam" factor overwhelms the actual participatory value.”
“RE: The "say-az-dam" rather than "shazam", I'd just like to point out that since these were pre-adolescent girls doing the Greek translation, it might be even weirder if they'd gotten the word completely correct.”
“So do you have a iPod Touch but you want to use application such as shazam or fring?”
WN.com - Articles related to Skype: millions downloaded new iPhone 3G app in days
“Serena says Prince William 'shazam', but Harry better”
“Then 'shazam' … 30mins prior to Bill Clinton's speech, everybody had a flag ..!”
“The main acting event in Downey's "Holmes" (other than just the screen presence of Watson's intended -- shazam) was watching Jude Law tone down his ego and wrestle with David Burke for the title of Best Watson Ever.”
“Barely escapes being prosecuted, shazam, expert commentator.”
“Tagged with: Apple • battlestar galactica • caprica • copyright laws • creative commons • digital • distribution • hulu • humor • iPad • john anealio • music • nerd • nerds • netflix • patrick hester • Podcast • revision 3 • roku • shazam • stargate • tivo • universe • wikinomics”
“Norm Coleman wins in Minnesota in a recount, so they keep having recounts, and Al Franken wins, so they have the recount in Iran and shazam Ahmadinejad gained votes.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shazam’.
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( open list, randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 90 more...
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Goatboy's list
Goatboy's Word Emporium
juggernaut, abhor, discombobulate, fankle, oose, orchid, schadenfreude, doppleganger, garibaldi, coquette, arabesque, meme and 19 more...
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Yoinks, Zoinks, & Zounds!
A collection of interjections and verbal ejaculations.
yoinks, zoinks, zounds, crikey, lawsy, oomph, unf, shazbot, lordy, mox nix, cosmic, no dice and 30 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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phr33k's list
random, but real, words to impress people with.
stoichomatic ratio, xanthosis, ytterbium, cirrhosis, harangue, saturnine, shazam
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samuraizack's Words
floccinaucinihili..., pneumonoultramicr..., bombastic, existentialistic, velocipede, aglet, anatomical snuffbox, wonk, tang, funambulist, quakebuttock, flews and 390 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, airbus, alnico, adware, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, boxercise, bakelite, bromo, atebrin and 774 more...
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Unusual and Random Words
My Favourite Kind
quagmire, soliloquy, aardvark, topaz, ardent, exquisite, pyromania, pyre, extravagant, obscure, quetzal, quibble and 199 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 436 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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S is for Sweater Puppy
My S Words
secret agent, sweater puppy, skivvies, soda jerk, surly, space madness, sad sack, sadsack, scoundrel, scrabble, shaken teddy bear..., saucy and 181 more...
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Geology Words
The descriptive science described.
earth, lithosphere, mineral, convection, heat flow, ore, deep time, fossil, formation, rock, tectonics, extinction and 281 more...
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Exclamation words!
Oh my!
gadzooks, wowsers, jinkies, wowee, eureka, hurrah, huzzah, tada, elementary, geronimo, timber, voila and 15 more...
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words that are fun to say
splendiferous, jabberwocky, woobie, willy-nilly, aphrodisiac, fiddle-faddle, gobbledygook, anachronistic, wimbeldon, chronic, quagmire, vex and 61 more...
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Glitterati
word glow
coruscate, iridescence, iridescent, whack-a-doodle, frowzy, shazam, starburst, bedazzled, dazzle, bejewel, spangle, luster and 8 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for shazam.
Arvesse In geology, it's when the cores don't match--a line drawn to say 'we don't know how to correlate this.' Aug 5, 2010
scarequotes The magic word that turns Billy Batson into Captain Marvel. It's an acronym based on the names of the figures that give him his power: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury. Jun 9, 2009
zaggan you are sooooooo right
SHAZAM!!!!!
see much better May 27, 2009
madmouth ditto.
but in my mind it has exclamation points May 22, 2009
frogapplause In my cricket club
In my cricket club
Help! I can't stop
saying...
In my cricket club May 22, 2009
bilby In my cricket club, shazam is synonymous with knuckle bump. May 22, 2009
rolig It was Gomer's favorite, too! May 21, 2009
zaggan love this word!!! May 21, 2009