kazoom
English
Etymology
From ka- + zoom. Compare kaboom.
Interjection
kazoom
- An abrupt or explosive zooming noise; the sound of something powerfully speeding by.
- 1975, Rennie Ellis, Australian Graffiti, page [1]:
- Zap is a comic-book hero - Zap! Powie! Kazoom!; why have you retired, Zap, when we need you so much?
- 1988, Good Housekeeping, volume 207, page 62:
- I saw a white light flash from side to side and I heard a loud buzz zooming in my head - kazoom, kazoom!
Noun
kazoom (plural kazooms)
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A (large) female breast.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breasts
- 1977, Ron Goulart, chapter 10, in Crackpot (Fragmented America), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 58:
- “What’s a mambo?” “You know, whamos, kaboopies, chugamuggas,” amplified Hootman, making jiggling motions with both hands in front of his narrow chest. “He must mean,” realized Mr. Giggle, “mammywammies, chubbles, kazooms.” “What kind of nerfing act do you think we’re doing. We’re beloved by millions of frapping little kids. Do those little loyal-hearted tykes want to see kazooms?”
- 1979, Harold Jaffe, “Sept. 3”, in Mole’s Pity, New York, N.Y.: Fiction Collective, →ISBN, page 105:
- Loggin flips the magazine onto the desk. “Look at them kazooms! You ever see this shere—Cosmo-politan? I found it in the lobby. Fine piece of titty on the cover, but ain’t worth a turd on the inside. […]”
References
- “kazooms n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present