bazonga

English

Etymology

Uncertain. It is thought to derive either from bazooka (“rocket launcher”) or from bazoom, an earlier slang variant of bosom with influence from zoom. Attested since the 1970s.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈzɒŋɡə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈzɔŋɡə/
Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

bazonga (plural bazongas)

(slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) A female breast, usually a large one.
- 1972, Doug Kenney, “The Miracle of Democracy”, in National Lampoon, page 52:
  […] you know that two-thirds of the jerk-offs who buy the magazine in the first place are only looking to see if the chick with the big bazongas is in Foto Funnies again but what the hell […]
- 1993, Quantum Leap, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell):
  Oh, well. She's got... great... casabas. […] Well, you know. Melons. […] Hoo-has? Honkers? Hooters? Headlights? Uh... tatas? Teeters? Tweeters? Tom-toms? Tetons? […] I'm trying to say it. Uh, meatballs. Mangoes. Cream pies. Cupcakes? Uh... bangers? Bouncers? Bulumbas? […] Bazongas? Breasts! I said it.
- 2012, Johnny Meah, Risk: No Eulogy for Tin Soldiers, page 40:
  The guy next to him poked him in the ribs and said, “Check out the bazongas on this one!”

Related terms

gazonga

References

Gold, David (2009) Studies in Etymology and Etiology, →ISBN, pages 87-90