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.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
