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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whammy/ˈwami/

▶noun (pl. whammies) informal

1 an event with a powerful and unpleasant effect; a blow.

2 chiefly US an evil or unlucky influence.

– origin 1940s: from wham + -y1.

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