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Blam

/[ˈblæm]/ intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.

    "That the last zombie? Here. Let me get that for ya. *BLAM!*"

Noun
  1. 1
    A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.

    "He kicked in the door with a blam."

  2. 2
    Spam posted to a blog. Internet, informal, uncountable

    "[…] we refer to unsolicited and unwanted advertising as spam. The phenomenon is widespread, and has led people to coin terms for it in other information product or service contexts, such as splog or blam (unsolicited advertisements in blog comments), spim (instant messaging), […]"

  3. 3
    Initialism of big-lipped alligator moment. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Verb
  1. 1
    To fire a gun. intransitive
  2. 2
    When a user-submitted movie/game gets unpublished (removed from the Portal), due to having a rating below 2 stars.

    "My game got blammed."

  3. 3
    To shoot; to kill by gunshot. transitive
  4. 4
    To rate a user-submitted movie/game below 2 stars.

    "That animation was a test animation, so I blammed it."

  5. 5
    To shoot, to propel by means of sudden impact. transitive

    "Spin that whip, let me see that dog, Imma blam that goal like Messi, shit gets messy – and I still get him down with my lefty"

Etymology

Etymology 1

By onomatopoeia.

Etymology 2

By onomatopoeia.

Etymology 3

By onomatopoeia.

Etymology 4

By onomatopoeia.

Etymology 5

Blend of blog + spam.

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