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Kawabunga

Phrase expressing exhilaration.

Of unknown origin, but having been popularized (as Kowa-Bunga) by Chief Thunderthud on the American children's show Howdy Doody in the late 1940s or early 1950s, and became associated with American surfing culture. By the early 1980s, it was used as the catch-phrase of Cookie Monster on the American television show Sesame Street, and gained popularity with a broader audience after its use in the American cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (For further treatment, see here.)

Let's do this... Kawabunga!

by GerryGrant October 4, 2022


Kawabunga

This is a word that surfer bros use when they hit a gnarly wave

kawabunga dude

by Nasim November 28, 2018

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KAWABUNGA

The exhillaration of catching a nice wave while surfing may elicit the the exclamation "KAWABUNGA"

Catching this wave, ..."KAWABUNGA" !!!

by MrSufboard November 5, 2018

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