Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the bomb diggity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: the bom-b dig-gi-ty
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that is really excellent or cool.

Slang

Example Sentences

"I adore Kelly and Michael Strahan is the bomb diggity. He plays “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers in his dressing room before the show. It certainly is a lovely day with Kelly and Michael."

Etymology

Expressive univerbation of the bomb + diggity, with the latter part found in similar positive expressions like hot diggity dog.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

the bomb diggety (alternative) the bomb diggy (alternative)

Questions

What does the bomb diggity mean?: Something that is really excellent or cool.
Where does the bomb diggity come from?: Expressive univerbation of the bomb + diggity, with the latter part found in similar positive expressions like hot diggity dog.

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