Etymology

bazinga

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Today it means: Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank. Full definition →

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The story

Probably from zing. Appears to originate from the X-Files season 7 episode "Hollywood A.D." Popularized as the catchphrase of the character Sheldon Cooper on the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.