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- interjection US, slang An indication of
astonishment oradmiration .
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Examples
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A bazillion Majority Reports; Lesbian Tide; Chrysalis; zowie, is this an original copy of The Redstockings Manifesto?
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Except for the one from Publisher's Weekly, NO spoilers and yikes-zowie-wowie are they ever positive!
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"Climate change" is not related to human activity, but to natural occurrences (sun's activity) and natural cycles (alert! weather changes! zowie!)
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The Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, isn't exactly that, nor is the show quite right for Ms. Foster, but her performance is so full of zowie as to overcome all possible objections.
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And fanks for doing it, cuz Italiana broughted the wowie-zowie noms to sillybrate!
Basement Cat regrets having evil - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Never mind the incredible cost, which is bad enough, but one wrong move—one accidental bump against the furniture—and zowie!
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Never mind the incredible cost, which is bad enough, but one wrong move—one accidental bump against the furniture—and zowie!
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Everything's like all zowie! — splashing scarlet and purple, you know, no beige, it just ain't in me.
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Everything's like all zowie! — splashing scarlet and purple, you know, no beige, it just ain't in me.
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I've never been a fan before but zowie - the slinky red cocktail dress, the sultry moves - I loved her.
sionnach commented on the word zowie
last name = Bowie.
March 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word zowie
Is this pronounced like "Zoe," to rhyme with Bowie? Or is it "Zowie," like in a Batman comic strip?
March 8, 2008
skipvia commented on the word zowie
My understanding is that it's pronounced like "Zoey."
I would have gone with Chloe...
March 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word zowie
...Then why spell it all f$%#ed up like that?
Jeez.
I was at a bookstore last night looking at baby-name books, because this list got me thinking, and there are an awful lot of really stupid names out there. And not just for celebrities' children.
Hmph.
March 8, 2008
thesuperiorbeing commented on the word zowie
Looking at baby-name books? You aren't expecting one, are you?
March 8, 2008
skipvia commented on the word zowie
My first reaction to "Zowie" would be to pronounce it as it's pronounced in Frank Zappa's "Wowie Zowie." Zowie should sound like "wow," not "Zoe."
"It's spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht, but it's pronounced Throat Warbler Mangrove..."
March 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word zowie
TSB, that's rather a personal question, don't you think?
March 10, 2008