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Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel, Dick Tracy: a brave new Technicolor world of momentous, universe-changing action and teeming metropolises, even the ejaculations, SHAZAM! and BLAMM! and ZOKK! a thousand times more heroic than the small-time COO!
Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word SHAZAM!
how did you capitalize this?
January 26, 2007
john commented on the word SHAZAM!
I suspect this is one of the handful of words that snuck in before I realized that lack of standardization with case would cause more problems than I was willing to handle. It's prevented in code (everything is lowercased by the system), except for a very few older words. I actually thought there was only one in here, but clearly there's at least two :-).
January 26, 2007
magickly commented on the word SHAZAM!
hee! I suppose I was enough of an "early adopter" that I managed to sneak that word in before the lowercase rules, as John says.
January 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the word SHAZAM!
Surely the only word on this site worthy of all-caps (and an exclamation point).
January 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word SHAZAM!
Oooo! Hey John, where's the other word???
January 31, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word SHAZAM!
Two years later and I'm not John, but: it may have been Synonym, although that one isn't wholly capitalised.
July 21, 2009
uselessness commented on the word SHAZAM!
And now that we're on Wordnik, the whole point is moot.
November 17, 2009
dontcry commented on the word SHAZAM!
I'm favoriting just for the pronunciation by uselessness!
November 17, 2009
reesetee commented on the word SHAZAM!
Haha! Excellent!
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word SHAZAM!
Got it right on target uselessness!! I'd reconsider my username now if I were you! ;-)
November 17, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word SHAZAM!
I forgot to make my compliments to uselessness for his pronunciation.
November 17, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word SHAZAM!
What's that list that has the sounds of a piano being pushed off a balcony (or something similar)? I love to hear someone have a go at those pronunciations.
November 17, 2009
john commented on the word SHAZAM!
Tremendous! The first time I've ever heard a Wordie! (um, other than those I know in "real life").
We've been following pee wee around recording her take on things, I'm now inspired to add a few choice nuggets of hers, too :-)
November 17, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word SHAZAM!
It's fee-ee-ee-ee-ww-ww-ww-kreng!
November 17, 2009