cowabunga
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (Australia) IPA: /ˌkæɔəˈbaŋɡə/
- (British) IPA: /ˌkaʊəˈbʌŋɡə/
- (GA) enPR: kou'ə-bŭngʹə, IPA: /ˌkaʊəˈbʌŋɡə/
- (slang, originally US, usually jocular) Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy.
- 1954 Jan., Howdy Doody:
- Kowa-Bunga! Then Me Fix You Good! You Be Sorry.
- 1963 August 9, Time:
- Shouting the surfer's cry ‘Cowabunga!’ they climb a 12-ft. wall of water and ‘take the drop’ off its shoulder.
- 1991 December 9, The New Yorker, p. 115:
- Both words turn up in the same sentence—as in ‘Cowabunga, it's humongous!’—when the children crowd around some toy.
- Cowabunga, dude!
- 1954 Jan., Howdy Doody:
- (expressing amazement) See Thesaurus:wow
- (expressing exuberant approval) See Thesaurus:yay
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