bazoom

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

A variant of bosom, influenced by zoom. Originally North American. Attested since the 1950s.

Noun[edit]

bazoom (plural bazooms)

  1. (slang, chiefly in the plural) female breast; bazonga
    • 1956, Norman Mailer, The Man Who Studied Yoga:
      “Which girl was it now?” he asks a second time. ¶ “Oh, you know, the hysteric,” Eleanor says, “the one who was parading her bazooms in your face.”

References[edit]

  • Gold, David (2009) Studies in Etymology and Etiology, →ISBN, pages 87-90
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