bazoom

English

Etymology

A variant of bosom, influenced by zoom. Originally North American. Attested since the 1950s.

Noun

bazoom (plural bazooms)

  1. (slang, chiefly in the plural) female breast; bazonga
    • 1956, Norman Mailer, “The Man who Studied Yoga”:
      “Which girl was it now?” he asks a second time. ¶ “Oh, you know, the hysteric,” Eleanor says, “the one who was parading her bazooms in your face.”

References
  • Gold, David (2009) Studies in Etymology and Etiology, →ISBN, page 87-90
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