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Boom boom is looking like you’ve spent money for the sake of looking like you’ve spent money.
Can I Boom Boom? Emilia Petrarca 2025
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Or, to use a phrase coined by the trend forecaster Sean Monahan, who gave the world normcore (2014) and vibe shift (2022), fashion wants us to look boom boom.
Boom boom culture: fashion’s flashy, sleazy and sudden vibe shift Morwenna Ferrier 2025
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Monahan has described boom boom as “a pure expression of excess”, a world in which “male-coded values … have come roaring back”.
Boom boom culture: fashion’s flashy, sleazy and sudden vibe shift Morwenna Ferrier 2025
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Boom boom is looking like you’ve spent money for the sake of looking like you’ve spent money.
Can I Boom Boom? Emilia Petrarca 2025
bilby commented on the word boom boom
"But the grim face is not just because of the dirtiness. It's because Phnom Penh could, and did get skankier. 20 minutes after I arrived, looking for a hotel with my backpack on:
'Tuk-tuk?'
'No thank you.'
'Massage boom boom?'
'No thank you.'
'Boom boom? Small? Very small, very young!'
I'm pretty sure I was getting offered child prostitutes in broad daylight, on a busy street in the respectably touristy part of town. There're signs everywhere for the government's anti-child prostitution programme. Clearly, it's got some way to go."
- Keith Ng, Have Sex. Will Travel., publicaddress.net, 15 Jan 2009.
March 29, 2009