the bomb diggity

noun

Something that is really excellent or cool.

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Meanings

noun

alternative the bomb diggety · alternative the bomb diggy

  1. predicativeslangusuallySomething that is really excellent or cool.

    I adore Kelly and Michael Strahan is the bomb diggity. He plays “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers in his dressing room before the show. It certainly is a lovely day with Kelly and Michael.

    2014, Robin Roberts, Veronica Chambers, Everybody's Got Something

Origin

Expressive univerbation of the bomb + diggity, with the latter part found in similar positive expressions like hot diggity dog.

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APA

the bomb diggity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20bomb%20diggity

MLA

“the bomb diggity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20bomb%20diggity. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the bomb diggity,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20bomb%20diggity.

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