Etymology

the whole bang shoot

Today it means: The whole lot, everything involved, every one, the entire process. Full definition →

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The story

Uncertain. Apparently late nineteenth or early 20th century. Unsupported contradictory suggestions suggest derivation from shebang or vice versa. However, "shebang" may be older.

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