Meanings
interjection
- UScolloquialrareExpressing anger, annoyance or frustration.
Shazbat! We have to pay TAXES after we're NUKED?!
1990 September 29, “C.R.E.E.P. of the Year”, in MAD Magazine Fall Special, →ISSN, page 761 more example
Parker covered his mouth, then swallowed. “Oh shazbat. I just threw up a little,” he mumbled.
2013, Monica Strang, The Starburst Juju, Pants On Fire Press, →ISBN, page 274
Origin
A catchphrase from the 1970s sitcom Mork & Mindy.
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APA
shazbat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shazbat
MLA
“shazbat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shazbat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shazbat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shazbat.
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