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Complete Definition of "cowabunga"

English

Etymology
From kawabonga, bad; a nonsense word spoken by Chief Thunderthud, a character in The Howdy Doody Show, altered to "cowabunga" by Australian surfers and popularized by Bart Simpson of The Simpsons and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic, TV, and movie series.

Interjection
cowabunga!

  1. A slang term used when amazed or surprised, often followed by the word man

#:Cowabunga, man! Look at that crazy house!

See also
Howdy Doody
The Howdy Doody Show

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