bazoom

English

Etymology

A variant of bosom, influenced by zoom. Originally North American. Attested since the 1950s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈzuːm/

Noun

bazoom (plural bazooms)

1. (slang, chiefly in the plural) female breast; bazonga
   • 1956, Norman Mailer, The Man Who Studied Yoga:

     “Which girl was it now?” he asks a second time.
     “Oh, you know, the hysteric,” Eleanor says, “the one who was parading her bazooms in your face.”

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:breasts

Derived terms

• zoomer

 

References

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