whammy
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- noun
- /ˈwæmi/
- Slang
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- Losing my job and facing health issues was a serious whammy that set me back significantly.
- a double whammy
And it was a double whammy because, yeah, the you also had the oil crash.
- And it was a double whammy because, yeah, the you also had the oil crash.
- And then I got a double whammy because I got sick and we later found out through testing that I was sick with COVID.
- He's sick too, and he also got a double whammy of a Nosebleed right now.
- So it almost felt like a double whammy.
- So double whammy you get in that situation and you don't know the number.
- I guess there's a double whammy for somebody in your position in that there's the natural flow of Peace Corps, and then you're a political appointee above that.
Examples
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The double whammy is that these taxes aren't even deductible for federal tax purposes.
Blog text (8) -
The team's defeat and the star player's injury were a devastating whammy for their championship hopes.
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You have the double whammy of high production costs and low sale prices.
Blog text (29) -
The failure of the measure would be a double whammy for schools.
Blog text (1) -
So that one led to overproduction and you had a double whammy that brought the price down.
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"It's very much a double whammy for a public company," observes Washington lawyer Daniel C. Schwartz.
Academic text (2003) -
Again, it reminds me of the nightmare of the 2003 blackout, the double whammy of lack of electricity.
Blog text (8) -
Much of the literature on globalization has concluded that this double whammy has subverted many states.
Academic text (2004) -
Many courts are feeling overwhelmed by the double whammy of staff reductions caused by budget cutbacks and the growing numbers of high-maintenance pro se litigants, Sandefur says.
Academic text (2011) -
Experiencing a flood and then a fire in the same month felt like a double whammy of misfortune.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
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7.0
A sudden terrible event that causes great damage and suffering
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7.3
A sudden event that causes great harm or shock to plans and feelings
An action or event that ends something completely
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Morphology
Etymology
Whammy comes from the loud word wham, the sound of a sudden 'hit', with '-y' added to make it a thing. So a whammy is like a strong, sudden blow in life — a serious setback, which is why we say someone took a 'whammy' after a big loss.