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  • They go up to the dj booth and at midnight, the dj spun "copacabana" for the first time in public -- no one had ever heard this song before just think about a time without that ubiquitous record!...

    Bob Wright and Jonah Goldberg on the memes about Obama's rhetoric. Ann Althouse 2008

  • February 21, 2006 at 2:58 am actually the biggest concert ever was in Rio too, in december 31, 1994, at copacabana beach.

    Rolling Stones Hobble Back For Another US Tour 2006

  • Cause i found the instrumental for copacabana. happy happy happy.

    yanxious Diary Entry yanxious 2006

  • They next day we do a city tour starting with crist the redemer and then suger loaf and the copacabana beach and the maracana stadium and the cathedral which turned out to be an amazing tour some of the best sights ive ever seen and on sunday we go to see flamengo v alth. paranise in the maracana score 2-1 adriano scoring 2 on his return very very good experiance along with

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • We got a tourism map, and headed through the streets of Rio for a driving tour to see a slum, the port, an old church, botofogo, ipanema, and copacabana beaches, sugarloaf mountain, and christ the redeemer high in the clouds.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • I hate that brasil has to be the thailand of southamerica. one of the luckiest days in brasil was when I was sitting on copacabana beach and a black guy of 18 years came and sat next to me and asked if I could watch his belongings while he was swmming.

    Home 2009

  • I hate that brasil has to be the thailand of southamerica. one of the luckiest days in brasil was when I was sitting on copacabana beach and a black guy of 18 years came and sat next to me and asked if I could watch his belongings while he was swmming.

    Home 2009

  • Seen loads of stuff, copacabana and other beaches, Christ the Redeemer, strange art gallery, national (and largely empty of people) museum and botanic gardens.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

  • I hate that brasil has to be the thailand of southamerica. one of the luckiest days in brasil was when I was sitting on copacabana beach and a black guy of 18 years came and sat next to me and asked if I could watch his belongings while he was swmming.

    Home 2009

  • I hate that brasil has to be the thailand of southamerica. one of the luckiest days in brasil was when I was sitting on copacabana beach and a black guy of 18 years came and sat next to me and asked if I could watch his belongings while he was swmming.

    Home 2009

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  • You know the one.

    January 20, 2008

  • SoG, you're killing me.

    January 20, 2008

  • I LOVE this song. Love it!

    *sings at top of voice*

    Her name was Lola!

    She was a showgirl!

    Great link, SoG! That's a good video. I especially like the "Central Oregon Pediatric Associates" connection. Who'd've guessed?!

    January 21, 2008

  • I suppose you like "Mandy" too, you sick individual!

    January 21, 2008

  • Actually...I had the LP when I was a youth. *blushing*

    January 21, 2008

  • Well you may blush!

    January 21, 2008

  • "Well you came and you gave without taaaaking... But I sent you away, Ohhhhh Mannnnndyyyyy!!" *still singing*

    Did you know, by the way, that Barry Manilow wrote quite a few catchy ad jingles? Like "you deserve a break today"--the McDonald's commercial in the '70s?

    And let's not forget that classic, "American Bandstand." It rhymes and scans with *so many things*.

    January 21, 2008

  • Barry Manilow is the spawn of the Devil.

    January 21, 2008

  • Sorry, c_b. I've got to go with SoG on this one. Barry Manilow blows dead rats.

    January 21, 2008

  • That is, indeed, a delicious insult!

    January 21, 2008

  • You're just encouraging her, you know. ;-)

    January 22, 2008

  • I'm trying, reesetee...

    January 22, 2008