Meanings
plural ShamWows
- A brand of absorbent cloth.
2010, Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip "Use this Shamwow to absorb someone else's soul while you suck on the other end."
3 more examples
You might as well buy a couple of ShamWows and least you get your money's worth.
2009, John C Bieber, AngelsFrom now on, will soak up her briefings like Shamwow.
2009, G. B. Trudeau, My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?: The Tweets of Roland Hedley, page 25He had sincere ambition, and he would soak up information like a "ShamWOW" sponge.
2008, Jeff Zahratka, Sweepers Sweepers Man Your Brooms: An Enlisted Man's Story, page 167
Origin
Trade name, from Blend of chamois + wow.
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