gazonga

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. It is speculated to be a variant of bazonga, from bazooka. Attested since the 1970s.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɒŋ.ɡə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɔŋ.ɡə/, /ɡəˈzɑŋ.ɡə/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

gazonga (plural gazongas)

  1. (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A large female breast. [from 1970s]
    • 1972 May, Chris Miller, “Stacked Like Me”, in National Lampoon, volume 1, number 26, →ISSN, page 72, column 3:
      Had my last driver not been so preoccupied with my gazongas, he might have wondered at the cold laughter that now bubbled from the soft inviting lips of the “sex object” sitting next to him.
    • 1978, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, Animal House (motion picture), Universal Pictures:
      Aw, don't listen to that jack-off. Look at those gazongas. You'll never get a better chance.
    • 1979, Margaret Oberman, Doug Steckler, I could have been a Contender, page 16:
      You cannot imagine the gazongas on some of these babes! There's one fox who must have a pair of 45s; and does she know how to shake 'em? You bet! It's almost as though she knew someone was watching her gazongas!

References

  • Gold, David (2009), Studies in Etymology and Etiology, →ISBN, pages 87-90
  • Stachowski, Marek (2013), “David L. Gold’s etymologies”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, →DOI, page 173