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    [Noun]  | "wham*my" | \ ˈ(h)wa-mē \


    1: a supernatural power bringing bad luck

    2: a magic curse or spell : jinx, hex

    3: a potent force or attack; specifically : a paralyzing or lethal blow

    Origin: 1940 ;

     Probably from {see: |wham:1|wham:1};

    [Noun]  | "double whammy" 


    1: a combination of two usually adverse forces, circumstances, or effects

    Origin: 1951 ;

    [Idiom]  | "put the whammy on someone" 


    1: to cause someone to have bad luck

    [Noun]  | "whammy" 


    1: a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power;


      * e.g., " ... if you tell anyone about this, I swear I'll put the whammy on you "



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    2: something that brings bad luck;


      * e.g., " ... put the whammy on herself by publicly predicting that she would win the tennis tournament "



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    [Noun]  | "double whammy" 


    1: a situation that is bad in two different ways; a situation in which two bad conditions exist at the same time or two bad things happen one after the other;


      * e.g., " ... With the cold weather and the high cost of heating fuel, homeowners were hit with a double whammy this winter. "




     [ "whammy" ]

    1: The pretty girls fat friend

      * e.g.,  ... You get the whammy dude. 

     [ "whammy" ]

    1: a major or otherwise regrettable setback.

      * e.g.,  ... The iraq war is a heck of a whammy to the whole US. 

     [ "whammy" ]

    1: Props to a good comeback or for a very good joke

      * e.g.,  ... Austin: "Man, you look like shit today." 

     [ "whammy" ]

    1: A bad haircut usually caused when you get your hair cut by someone with no skills or when the barber slips and cuts off too much hair. Whammys most often occur in young kids that get their hair cut by their mammas. Or you can get a whammy if you let that barber cut your hair that nobody ever goes to.

      * e.g.,  ... Ooooh that dude got a whammy! 

     [ "whammy" ]

    1: Noun.

      * e.g.,  ... Wanna go hit the whammy? 

     [ "whammy" ]

    2:  Street term that recreational users created for the sole purpose of renaming the herb Marijuana.

     [ "whammy" ]

    3:  Marijuana or using Marijuana.

     [ "whammy" ]

    1: Making a fist and hitting someone in the butt cheek as hard as you can using the palm side of the fist.

      * e.g.,  ... "Ouch! That whammy you just gave me is really painful." 

     [ "whammy" ]

    1: originated from the movie Anchorman. Generally used instead of "i told you so".

      * e.g.,  ... Walker:We dont have school today. 

     [ "whammy" ]

    1: whammy - (wham•me) - whammy. whammie. whammi. - noun . a party on steroids.

      * e.g.,  ... I cant wait for #COASTSQUAD's next whammy! 

     [ "whammy" ]

    1:  a dangerous curse or hex any problem

      * e.g.,  ... That place is one hell of a whammy waiting to spill across the city. 

     [ "No whammy" ]

    1: A phrase chanted to give a player luck when playing games of chance, like when rolling dice. Comes from the 80's game show Press Your Luck, in which unlucky timing could give the player a Whammy, which would lose them all their money.

      * e.g.,  ... "Big money big money no whammy no whammy...yes!" 

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