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Word: Whammy
Speech Type: Noun
1940s: from the noun wham+ -y; associated from the 1950s with the cartoon strip Li'l Abner, in which the hillbilly Evil-Eye Fleegle could ‘shoot a whammy’ (to put a curse on somebody) by pointing a finger with one eye open, and a ‘double whammy’ with both eyes open
ˈwami
an event with a powerful and unpleasant effect; a blow
Short Definition:event with powerful and unpleasant effect
Examples:- the third whammy was the degradation of the financial system
an evil or unlucky influence
Short Definition:evil or unlucky influence
Examples:- I've come to put the whammy on them
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