AWAD - whizbang
The final word in this weeks' theme "High-scoring words in Scrabble" is whizbang. The term has its origin in the onomatopoeic representation of the sound made by a firearm or firework. It was popularized in WWI as high-speed shells were called whizbangs. It was also the name given to a rocket launcher used by the US Army during WWII. Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1881.
Learn more, and see more from this week's theme, at: wordsmith.org/words/whizbang.html
AWAD - whizbang
The final word in this weeks' theme "High-scoring words in Scrabble" is whizbang. The term has its origin in the onomatopoeic representation of the sound made by a firearm or firework. It was popularized in WWI as high-speed shells were called whizbangs. It was also the name given to a rocket launcher used by the US Army during WWII. Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1881.
Learn more, and see more from this week's theme, at: wordsmith.org/words/whizbang.html