bada bing bada boom

See also: ba da bing ba da boom

English

Alternative forms

• bada boom bada bing
• (alternative spelling) bada bing, bada boom, ba da bing ba da boom

Etymology

Of ideophonic origin. First appears in the 1958 Pat Cooper routine The Italian Wedding. Popularized by 1972 film The Godfather and 1990s television series The Sopranos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑdəˈbɪŋ.bɑdəˌbuːm/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Interjection

bada bing bada boom

1. (informal) Expressing that something was easily completed, was simple to accomplish, or followed as a direct consequence.
   • 2012, Cyndi Lauper, Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir, page 114:

     That's how I work. A little slice of life here, a little piece of a different song there, and bada bing, bada boom, mix it all together and there it is.

   • 2014, Tina Calabria, Surviving Me: An Outsider’s Story, page 123:

     And then, bada bing bada boom, our germs are reunited.

   • 2008, Arthur Barry, The Fireproof Motel, page 163:

     If you go to DHS, they contact the sheriff's department, and bada bing bada boom, there's Deputy Bad Dog on the scene, who has, apparently, been working some kind of scam with the poor kids' parents or guardians.

2. (informal) Used to euphemize what is said, sometimes to the extent that only the initiated will understand what is implied.
   • 2006, Brian Davis, Amusing Stories from the Royce Casket Company, page 91:

     “I am not in any Mafia,” shouted Al. “There is no such thing as a Mafia.” “Yeah ... Bada bing, bada boom, fuggedaboudit. By the way, what is your campaign slogan — vote for me or else?"

   • 2007, George De Stefano, An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America, page 39:

     The gangster-announcer notes that although Baldacci says he's opposed to casinos, he voted in favor of them when he was in the Maine legislature. "If he can flip, he can flop, bada bing, bada boom, know what I mean?

   • 2019, Winter Travers, Devil's Knights, page 647v:

     I knew that Demon couldn't predict what we were going to have, but I still liked to point out that he was wrong about Braxton. “That's because we had sex on a Tuesday with him. I figure we shoot for a Thursday, and bada bing bada boom, girl.

Synonyms

• bada bing
• bada boom
• bish bash bosh

Anagrams

• bada boom bada bing