the bomb
Really, really cool
The bomb is slang for something excellent or outstanding, used as a noun phrase with the definite article.
If a party, album, or meal is the bomb, it's exceptionally good.
The expression emerged in 1990s hip-hop culture and remains informal.
Note the crucial difference from calling something a bomb, which means a complete failure—particularly of a film, play, or other creative work.
detonator
Explosive initiation device
grenade · C4 · nitroglycerin · landmine · plastique · shrapnel · blast · detonation · warhead · missile
awesome
Extremely impressive or overwhelming
- amazingCausing great wonder
- incredibleDefying easy belief
- fantasticRemarkably good or unreal
cool · dope · lit · epic · rad · sick · stellar · superb · terrific · wicked
- 90s Slangall that, as if, dope, fly, fresh
- slang approvalawesome, cool, rad, sweet, dope
- WWII inventionsradar, jeep, penicillin, V-2 rocket, Enigma machine
- superlativesexcellent, superb, best, outstanding, supreme
the bombforgettable
Unlikely to be recalled
unimpressive · unremarkable · ordinary · mediocre · underwhelming
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