shazam

English

Etymology

Arguably coined by American comic book writer Bill Parker in February 1940,[1][2] from the first letters of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃəˈzæm/
Rhymes: -æm

Interjection

shazam

Alternative spelling of shazaam
- 2008, Tom Bissinger, Da Capo:Selected Writings 1967-2004: Selected Writings 1967-2004, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 91:
  My parents lived in the Last Naïf Age: the last ‘good war’, atoms for peace, and parental philosophy that said children should do and say exactly what we do and say, and Shazam! You'll be us.
- 2009, K. L. Denman, Me, Myself and Ike, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 185:
  So I brought you down the trail on the sled, put you in my car and, shazam, here we are.

Translations

transform into a superhero

Arabic: شِزَامُ!‎ (šizāmu!), اَلصَّوِيغ!‎ m (aṣ-ṣawīḡ!)
German: Shazam! m
Greek: σαζάμ! m (sazám!)
Japanese: シャザム！ (Shazamu!)
Korean: 샤잠! (Syajam!)

References

Karl M. Kapp (2013) The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Ideas into Practice, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 191: “If you recall, Shazam is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck for Fawcett Comics. He is an ancient wizard who gives a young boy named Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel.”
Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “shazam”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

hamzas

[1] Karl M. Kapp (2013) The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Ideas into Practice, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 191: “If you recall, Shazam is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck for Fawcett Comics. He is an ancient wizard who gives a young boy named Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel.”

[2] Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “shazam”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.