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boom goes the dynamite en · X

Etymology

Coined by Brian Collins, a college student from Ball State, during a collegiate basketball sportscast.

Meanings

  1. Indicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.
    • Boom goes the dynamite, scores are tied, and we are even-steven! 2010 November 22, David Hoselton, “Small Sacrifices”, in House:
    • "Fine, have it your way." ¶ And boom goes the dynamite! ¶ I had won the battle. 2006, Bradley Myers, I Was a Teenage Dumpeal, page 161:
    • Brown and Paden ride the Silverado chairway to heaven. And...boom goes the dynamite. 2006 November, Susan Schnier, “The Bomb Squad: A day in the boots of Squaw Valley's snow-safety patrol”, in Skiing, page 126:
    • In the next second, that is exactly what happened. Big Man made a wide Texas swing, left his chin open and boom! goes the dynamite. 2011, Adrianne Byrd, King's Promise, page 69: