# My favorite onomatopoeia
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436 "2007-09-17T00:17:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/1 "2007-09-17T00:17:01Z")
Whiz-bang.
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### Author:  [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/2 "2007-09-17T00:23:31Z")
Slitch.
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/3 "2007-09-17T00:26:07Z")
From The 2010 Year Old Man:
Egg
Shower
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/4 "2007-09-17T01:33:39Z")
From _Mad_ magazine:
**TINKA
TINKA
TOONGA
GURK!**
(sound of coins falling down a vending machine)
And no, it’s _not_ Don Martin. It’s _Al Jaffee_.
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### Author:  [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/5 "2007-09-17T02:24:11Z")
Whooooooooooosh!
.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/6 "2007-09-17T04:08:05Z")
Kerrang!
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### Author:  [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/7 "2007-09-17T04:10:11Z")
Splat!
Sploink!
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### Author:  [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/8 "2007-09-17T04:39:25Z")
Muahahahahahahahaha!
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### Author:  [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/9 "2007-09-17T04:44:47Z")
Shell shock!
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### Author:  [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/10 "2007-09-17T07:23:54Z")
Fuck
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/11 "2007-09-17T07:27:32Z")
burp
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### Author:  [@Leah\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leah_M)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/12 "2007-09-17T07:33:17Z")
whammo!
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### Author:  [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/13 "2007-09-17T07:53:35Z")
Pssssst!
Faaaaart… :eek:
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### Author:  [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/14 "2007-09-17T09:24:41Z")
Sizzle.
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### Author:  [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/15 "2007-09-17T13:58:18Z")
pyow, pyow
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### Author:  [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/16 "2007-09-17T14:16:43Z")
[QUOTE=twickster]
Whiz-bang.
[/QUOTE]
Isn’t that what Senator Craig was trying to do? 😃
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### Author:  [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/17 "2007-09-17T15:09:16Z")
My favorite is Korean for the word “velcro”:
_Chik-chikee_.
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### Author:  [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/18 "2007-09-17T15:13:05Z")
Guy getting slapped. Hard.
Sa-lap
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/19 "2007-09-17T19:28:43Z")
Fnord!
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-onomatopoeia/419436/20 "2007-09-17T20:01:41Z")
Snoo-snoo.
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