va-va-voom
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Possibly dates backs to the 1950s. It was the title of a piece of music by jazz composer Gil Evans in the 1985 film musical Absolute Beginners based on the 1958 novel by Colin MacInnes. A phrase made famous by French footballer Thierry Henry meaning lively or passionate. Used by him in Renault Clio advertisements and subsequently added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Interjection [edit]
va-va-voom
- (slang) Expressing that something is lively, sexy, passionate, and/or exciting.
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
References [edit]
- “va-va-voom” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.
