Bazinga

/bəˈzɪŋɡə/ · interjection

Meaning

Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank..

Definitions by Sense

1. Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
2. Exclamation indicating a successful outcome or sudden realization.
3. Exclamation acknowledging a witty remark.
4. (informal) A thingamabob, a placeholder word for any unknown or nonspecific object.

Example Sentences

Once again, you’ve fallen for one of my classic pranks. Bazinga!

Go back to the iPod app on your iOS device and click on the “More” tab. There you will see a new heading titled “Shared” which lets you choose between your iOS library or any Shared Libraries you have enabled on your WiFi network. Bazinga!

I have never gotten anything less than an A- when poster board is involved. So — bazinga! I'd make a poster of the life and times of Markie's family. Guaranteed to melt his parents' hearts.

So, Marc, as you can see, we don't use the word "pot" very often in stories. But you also see that it is used frequently in headlines. The reason is simple and has nothing to do with a lack of respect for medical marijuana users. When it comes to headlines, size matters, and the word "pot" fits in a lot more places than "marijuana." It's really that simple. It would be easy to figure that headline writers just aren't what they used to be, that they've gone to pot, so to speak (bazinga!).

Anyone have a good guess as to what the bazinga is that I've crudely circled in this photo?

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