# Commercials that go boom

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-go-boom/620446>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 30, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-go-boom/620446 "2012-04-30T20:44:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-go-boom/620446/1 "2012-04-30T20:44:47Z")

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Not explosively, but in the past month or so, I’ve noticed a handful of commercials where someone says “Boom” almost as punctuation.

One was a guy on the couch, and apparently he bought the right cheese or whatever. After his wife compliments him on it, he says “Boom” but what’s it supposed to mean? Then today, I saw a commercial for fertilizer, and again, someone says “Boom.” I guess it’s good.

Is this supposed to mean something, or is it just the latest fad?

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**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-go-boom/620446/2 "2012-04-30T21:21:55Z")

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> **[Urban Dictionary: boom](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boom)**
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> when really cool things happen

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**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-go-boom/620446/3 "2012-05-01T15:08:23Z")

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Not all that new. David Spade used it in _The Emperor’s New Groove_ in 2000.