Whiz-Bang (noun)
wiz-bang
(especially during the First World War) a small-calibre high-velocity shell.
More recently: noisy fireworks
onomatopoeic
Example sentences
“The whiz-bangs rained down on the trenches.”
“It seems traditional bonfire parties are giving way to whiz-bangs late into the night.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)