Frankie Avalon

Everybody wants instant gratification for everything. It's all got to be like fast food. You want a hamburger now, you get it now. Hey, even when McDonald's started out, it took them a couple of minutes to make your burger and get it to you. Now, it's all wham, bam. That's tough enough on a burger. It's impossible with a relationship.

American Actor

Don Kardong

I've never owned an actual trail-running shoe myself, but maybe I should. My favorite paths are fraught with peril, much of it skulking at shoelace level. A rock, a root, an errant pine cone. Wham, and you're down, choking in dust and picking pebbles from wounds in your forearms and knees.

American Athlete

Fleur East

Everyone assumes it is just 'Wendy who works at Tesco' who goes to audition for 'X Factor,' and then their lives are changed, wham, like that. Me, I am someone who has tried for years in the music industry.

English Musician

Thelma Ritter

When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together - wham - like a couple of taxis on Broadway, not sit around analyzing each other like two specimens in a bottle.

American Actress

Joanna Krupa

I would love to have twins - a girl and a boy - but who knows if that would happen. It would be my ideal situation. Wham, bam, be done with it.

American Model

Use 'wham' to describe something surprising that happens very quickly.

Sudden Surprise

'Wham' is often used to mimic the sound of a sudden impact or collision.

Expressive Sound

Sometimes 'wham' is used for dramatic effect, not to describe an actual sound.

Not Literal

'Wham' as a noun emphasizes the force behind a physical action.

Impactful Action

Even without sound, 'wham' can show the intensity of moving objects hitting something.

Not Always Sound

You can use 'wham' to describe strong emotional or argumentative responses.

Figurative Strength

As an adverb, 'wham' highlights the abruptness of an action.

Abruptness Emphasis

'Wham' can modify an action, showing it's done with considerable force or speed.

Enhanced Action

 You're immersed in the liquid. Your body doesn't like the saltwater. After a couple of days, three days, you tend to rebel in a lot of physical ways. But no, two hours in, wham! Never in my life