# What does \*bamf\* mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 6, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843 "2004-10-06T14:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/21 "2004-10-07T02:26:17Z")
That’s what I love about it, too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/22 "2004-10-07T03:38:56Z")
That would be… Banff, Alberta (Calgary being a near by-ish large city, whereas Alberta is the actual province wherein lovely Banff is located.) Thank you very much… ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/23 "2004-10-07T05:26:06Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > That would be… > > Banff, Alberta > > (Calgary being a near by-ish large city, whereas Alberta is the actual province wherein lovely Banff is located.) > > Thank you very much… Is that near to where the legendary anti- flatulence festival is held every summer? My wife keeps threatening to take us to the “Ban Farts Festival”. What kind of a town has a festival like that? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/24 "2004-10-07T12:28:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Calgary being a near by-ish large city … famous for being the city where Jesus was crucified. And also for being the city where soldiers first got on horses to create a mounted armed group, very effective in warfare and useful in movies and TV shows about the Old West. [sub]Yes, I know, it’s deliberate. I’d hate anyone else to be whooshed by my meagre punmanship.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/25 "2004-10-07T13:48:54Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > … famous for being the city where Jesus was crucified. And also for being the city where soldiers first got on horses to create a mounted armed group, very effective in warfare and useful in movies and TV shows about the Old West. > [sub]Yes, I know, it’s deliberate. I’d hate anyone else to be whooshed by my meagre punmanship.[/sub] My Og, Dex you are sharp wit this early in the morning. Or is it late where you are? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/26 "2004-10-07T15:02:33Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Even though the metal-on-metal probably makes more sense, since it’s adamantium sliding across adamatium. I don’t care. The sound is ‘snikt’. Is it “snikt” because the claws are locking into position? It would be pretty embarrassing if Wolverine was slicing up a pineapple or something for a breakfast buffet and the claws slid back under his knuckles. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/27 "2004-10-07T16:17:10Z")
A Ban Farts Festival? Do they get protesters picketing them? I could see some of my relatives on the picket line as a joke. If I made the mistake of thinking about it, I could almost guess what was on the signs. _bamf_ ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/28 "2004-10-07T17:22:37Z")
Don Martin would be proud. ---
**Author:** ![Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/29 "2004-10-10T04:34:38Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Oh, I’m not saying people shouldn’t do it, if they feel like. > > I just think it’s silly. But at least the Ninja thing I can see. Well yeah, it _is_ silly. That’s kind of the point, tho’. That said, I’m curious: who else is doing this? I was under the impression that I was the only one. I like the idea of it being a “Ninja thing”. I think I’d like to get that put on a shirt: “It’s a Ninja thing.” 🙂 Would it confuse people if I said it was originally a Darkwing Duck thing? _bamf_ ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/30 "2004-10-10T08:23:31Z")
> [@Shirt Ninja 13](#): > > Would it confuse people if I said it was originally a Darkwing Duck thing? Yes it would. Don’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/31 "2004-10-11T16:53:59Z")
By the way, the sound of Spider-Man shooting his webbing is “thwip!” I don’t believe there are any other comics sound effects as well-standardized as these three. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Beltane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@Beltane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beltane)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/32 "2004-10-11T17:20:59Z")
Didn’t Starfire’s Starbolts used to always make a “Skreeeeeee” Sound? Or amI thinking of some other hero? I have been trying to think of other standardized effects and coming up blank. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/33 "2004-10-11T20:05:48Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > By the way, the sound of Spider-Man shooting his webbing is “thwip!” I don’t believe there are any other comics sound effects as well-standardized as these three. > > –Cliffy Dave Sim in Cerebus. Anything appearing or disappearing made the sound effect: Poit! ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/34 "2004-10-11T20:55:42Z")
Don Martin had wonderful sound effects, I think he first came up with “Poit!” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/35 "2004-10-11T23:58:59Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Don Martin had wonderful sound effects, I think he first came up with “Poit!” [http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/dmd-bydate.html](http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/dmd-bydate.html) January, 1960. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/36 "2004-10-12T00:28:16Z")
**Sam** , I think I’m completely speechless. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/37 "2004-10-12T00:44:31Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > **Sam** , I think I’m completely speechless. The fact that you and I are about the same age, and that you remembered that off the top of your head, leaves me speechless. :eek: …much like Don Martin’s characters… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/38 "2004-10-12T00:46:51Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > This is correct. It is ‘snikt’, and ONLY ‘snikt’. All who would attempt to use a cheesy B-movie metal-against-metal “schiiiiiiinnnnng” must answer to the very claws they desecrate. Even though the metal-on-metal probably makes more sense, since it’s adamantium sliding across adamatium. I don’t care. The sound is ‘snikt’. I wonder if these claws bear any relation to the vorpal blade, which went “snicker-snack!” Maybe, being much smaller, the vorpal claws go ‘snikt’? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/39 "2004-10-12T00:47:32Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > [http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/dmd-bydate.html](http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/dmd-bydate.html) > > January, 1960. Further proof (if such be needed) that the man was a comic genius. And that some of his fans really need to stay on their OCD meds. _thwap_ ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843/40 "2004-10-12T00:47:57Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > By the way, the sound of Spider-Man shooting his webbing is “thwip!” I don’t believe there are any other comics sound effects as well-standardized as these three. > > –Cliffy Boom Tubes go, **BOOM.** Mother Boxes go, \*ping ping ping ping ping \* Jimmy Olsen’s signal watch goes _zee zee zee zee zee_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bamf-mean/267843.md?page=3)