zoinks

/zɔɪŋks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

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"Oh Zoinks! This really smurfs things up for me! Well, at least I now know why many of my friends might feel my slang isn't as radicool as I do."
"After gulping hard, I said aloud, “Zoinks.” I was expecting a big black crow to peck out my eyes, or a woman to hang herself out the second story window."

The earliest and most commonly known usage of this term is in the American cartoon Scooby-Doo, where it was used regularly by one of the main characters, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.

Questions

How do you pronounce zoinks?

The recorded pronunciation is /zɔɪŋks/.

What does zoinks mean?

Expressing surprise, fear, etc.

Where does zoinks come from?

How to pronounce zoinks

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