Bazinga
intj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A thingamabob, a placeholder word for any unknown or nonspecific object. informal
"Anyone have a good guess as to what the bazinga is that I've crudely circled in this photo?"
- 1 Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
"Once again, you’ve fallen for one of my classic pranks. Bazinga!"
- 2 Exclamation indicating a successful outcome or sudden realization.
"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!"
- 3 Exclamation acknowledging a witty remark.
"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!)."
Example
More examples"Once again, you’ve fallen for one of my classic pranks. Bazinga!"
Etymology
Probably from zing. Appears to originate from the X-Files season 7 episode "Hollywood A.D." Popularized as the catchphrase of the character Sheldon Cooper on the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.