shazam
/ʃəˈzæm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed.
Example Sentences
- "The Tahitian kids had ridden out most of their lives, and they were busy riding in on their surf mats and belly boards. But when they met the out part, shazam!"
- "My parents lived in the Last Naïf Age: the last ‘good war’, atoms for peace, and parental philosophy that said children should do and say exactly what we do and say, and Shazam! You'll be us."
- "So I brought you down the trail on the sled, put you in my car and, shazam, here we are."
Etymology
Apparently coined by American comic book writer Bill Parker in February 1940, from the first letters of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.