bow-chicka-wow-wow
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
43
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I think it's best to just chill and talk. That's not the place to... bow-chicka-wow-wow [laughs]."
- "To pull you out of the funk you've been in since Christmas, Man Teach orchestrated some bow-chicka-wow-wow time for you and Boy Wonder."
- "And when all the kids finally moved out, she and Sawyer had had plenty of...how did the younger generation put it? Bow-chicka-wow-wow?"
- "After an hour, the rest of your life might be a wreck but this realm of your universe will be left with only the most versatile collection of favorites, classics and the occasional one-off that forever highlights your endowments, redefines your shape, and puts you in the mood for, well . . . After such a great purge, you can't help but hear a faint “bow-chicka-wow-wow” calling your name."
- "If I have a lot of blooms to work with, I'll just pick an entire flower, take the whole thing over to the female, and rub its anthers over the stigma (sometimes making bee buzzing or bow-chicka-wow-wow noises for my own amusement)."
Etymology
From onomatopoeia for the stereotypical funk riff used in the soundtracks to pornographic films. Wired credits comedian Jordan Brady as "apparently the first person ever to use the phrase" and it was a part of his act in his Evening at the Improv routine in 1989.