Definitions For Cowabunga

Interjection

{{en-interj}} (slang, originally, _, US, usually, _, jocular) {{n-g, Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy.}} : Cowabunga, dude!

Synonyms

expressing amazement See thesaurus:wow expressing exuberant approval See thesaurus:yay

Translations

expression of amazement or enthusiasm, wow expression of joy, yes, yay

Alternative forms

Kowa-Bunga, cowabonga, kawabonga, kowabonga, kowabunga.

Etymology

{{unknown, en}}, but was popularized (as Kowa-Bunga) by Chief Thunderthud on the American children's show {{w, Howdy Doody}} in the late 1940s or early 1950s, became associated with American {{w, surfing culture}}, and was revived and standardized in its current spelling by the American cartoon :w:teenage mutant ninja turtles (1987 tv series), teenage mutant ninja turtles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (For further treatment, appendix:etymology/cowabunga, see here.)

Is Cowabunga a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
22

The word Cowabunga is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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