ShamWow

English

Etymology

Trade name, from Blend of chamois +‎ wow.

Noun

ShamWow (plural ShamWows)

1. A brand of absorbent cloth.
   • 2009, John C Bieber, Angels:

     You might as well buy a couple of ShamWows and least you get your money's worth.

   • 2010, Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip:

     "Use this Shamwow to absorb someone else's soul while you suck on the other end."

   • 2009, G. B. Trudeau, My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?: The Tweets of Roland Hedley, page 25:

     From now on, will soak up her briefings like Shamwow.

   • 2008, Jeff Zahratka, Sweepers Sweepers Man Your Brooms: An Enlisted Man's Story, page 167:

     He had sincere ambition, and he would soak up information like a "ShamWOW" sponge.