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  • interjection shortened form of kazaam

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Examples

  • dan and i did manage to pull off a date last night. we discovered a persian restaurant off of seminole trail, near rio road, called zam zam. there wasn't a huge selection of food there, but we had some nice kebabs while watching sad events on full moon ball at fry's spring beach club. what a great place to see bands!

    Charlottesville Blogs 2008

  • That electrical energy—what I call the z-thing—is the zizz, the zam.

    Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

  • That electrical energy—what I call the z-thing—is the zizz, the zam.

    Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

  • It was only after this seventh attempt that water erupted from the dessert sand, the spring of Zam zam, the lifeblood of Mecca.

    Dalia Mogahed: Eid al Adha: Striving for Second Chances Dalia Mogahed 2010

  • Maybe there should be some sort of edit (and believe me, there are fanboys out there who will do just that once they get the dvd) where all the needles bullshit is cut out. but if you were to do that, then the film would be about five minutes long. (zam!)

    News Corp. Wants James Cameron Back for Avatar Sequels « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • This time they thought nothing fun and stopped creeching with high mirth, and had to submit to the strange and weird desires of Alexander the Large which, what with the Ninth and the hypo jab, were choodessny and zam - mechat and very demanding, O my brothers.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • I tend to agree with zam — the benefit of choosing someone with empathy is that she will be able to understand how a ruling will affect someone completely unlike her.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Reason Symposium on Picking a Replacement for Justice Souter: 2009

  • Phambi kokuba ndikhwelele kweliqonga, inga bonke abantu kunye nenkokheli zam zonke into yokuba liphelile ixesha loo Hlohlezabo, ubuqhophololo nobuqhwemesha ngoku.

    Speech by Nkosi Mwelo Nonkonyana during the debate on the Provincial & Local Government budget vote 2008

  • Fuel of all descriptions is so expensive that it should come with a payment plan ... well, I guess it does, just swipe the card and sha-zam, an 18% payment plan.

    Massacre At The Mall; A Housing Sequel 2007

  • No sets, actors, maybe a prop or two and Za-zam! here we are!

    "Sicko" 2007

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