dynamite

boom goes the dynamite

interjection An exclamation used to emphasize when something exceptional has happened, especially when it occurred exactly as one intended. The phrase was popularized after a video of Ball State University student Brian Collins uttering it during a collegiate sportscast went viral on the Internet. A: "You've got to use the sniper rifle to take out the guards in the tower, or else you'll never beat this level!" B: "OK, let me just line up my scope and—boom goes the dynamite!" A: "Hey, nice shot!" "Boom goes the dynamite!" Nick screamed, watching his teammate hit a mammoth home run to tie the game. And boom goes the dynamite! That's why I like equipping long-range weapons in this game—I don't actually have to get close to monsters to take them out!

dynamite charge

An encouragement to a divided jury to come to a verdict. It is also known as the "Allen charge" because such a tactic was employed for the deadlocked jury in the 1896 case Allen v. United States. Come on, let's give the jury a dynamite charge, in the hopes of getting all the jurors to reach a consensus. These jurors are so far apart that I don't even think a dynamite charge would get them on the same page. The judge gave the jury a dynamite charge in an effort to reach a verdict sooner than later.

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dynamite

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

• boom goes the dynamite
• in-your-face
• Bull's-eye!
• chuch
• Chuch!
• hey presto
• viola
• Viola!
• voilà
• get out of here