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bada bing bada boom en · INTJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌbɑdə ˈbɪŋ ˌbɑdə ˈbuːm/

Etymology

Of ideophonic origin. First appears in the Pat Cooper routine The Italian Wedding (1958). Popularized by film The Godfather (1972) and the television series The Sopranos from the 1990s.

Meanings

1. (informal) Expressing that something was easily completed, was simple to accomplish, or followed as a direct consequence.
   • If you go to DHS, they contact the sheriff's department, and bada bing bada boom, there's Deputy Bad Dog on the scene, who has, apparently, been working some kind of scam with the poor kids' parents or guardians. 2008, Arthur Barry, The Fireproof Motel, page 163:
   • And then, bada bing bada boom, our germs are reunited. 2014, Tina Calabria, Surviving Me: An Outsider’s Story, page 123:
   • That's how I work. A little slice of life here, a little piece of a different song there, and bada bing, bada boom, mix it all together and there it is. 2012, Cyndi Lauper, Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir, page 114:
2. (informal) Used to euphemize a statement, sometimes to the extent that only the initiated will understand the implied meaning.
   • “I am not in any Mafia,” shouted Al. “There is no such thing as a Mafia.” “Yeah ... Bada bing, bada boom, fuggedaboudit. By the way, what is your campaign slogan — vote for me or else?" 2006, Brian Davis, Amusing Stories from the Royce Casket Company, page 91:
   • I knew that Demon couldn't predict what we were going to have, but I still liked to point out that he was wrong about Braxton. “That's because we had sex on a Tuesday with him. I figure we shoot for a Thursday, and bada bing bada boom, girl. 2019, Winter Travers, Devil's Knights, page 647v:
   • The gangster-announcer notes that although Baldacci says he's opposed to casinos, he voted in favor of them when he was in the Maine legislature. "If he can flip, he can flop, bada bing, bada boom, know what I mean? 2007, George De Stefano, An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America, page 39:

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Synonyms

bada bing · bada boom · bish bash bosh

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