Help me settle an argument with my 14 year old daughter.

Minty · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Karma :

When a bomb detonates, does it go 'boom' or 'kablooey'?

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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Boom. But only if it's in relation to the general destruction of buildings and the like.

Kablooey designates some kind of stickiness. So if it was a bomb that caused a lot of sordid human remains, it might have gone Kablooey.
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c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

I asked the other half what noise a bomb makes when it goes off, didn't give her the options.

She said Boom straight away.

I offered her Kablooey as an option and she still said Boom.
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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Personally, my bombs tend towards going BOSHO!
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c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

crazy kiwi bombs.
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owl · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Oct 2016 Karma :

compromise? kaboom?

also I thought sound was defined by medium?
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Beehive Bedlam · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2013 Karma :

When I drop a bomb it goes plop.

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Kaboom!

What noise a bomb makes depends on what type of bomb it is and how far away you are. Wink

hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Plus also how big (and colourful) the size of the speech bubble around it is.

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pinkyfloyd · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Jul 2010 Karma :

Sounds like a short clap of thunder. What noise does thunder make.
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Minty · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Karma :

Thanks, I win - I think. I had never heard of kablooey before last night.
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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

You're obviously not au fait with the scientific literature.

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Kablooey sounds like something from a Hanna Barbera cartoon from the sixties.

Boom is the right noise for an explosion IMO.
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grr666 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2014 Karma :

I'm on team Ka-boom. The hyphen is VERY important.
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pepperami · Super Spammer Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Karma :

I try not to be around when things are exploding Shocked

and as such I don't know what noise they make. Smile

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stevo as b4 · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Karma :

Kablooey, is just pain weirdo tbh!

A bomb has to go Boom! But then it depends on the type of explosion. I mean Bang might be more appropriate if it's something like a shotgun being fired, which some people might think sounds like a bomb or explosion?

Sapolsky · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 05 Aug 2017 Karma :

"Help me settle an argument with my 14 yr old daughter"

You realise it is futile... right? Laughing

angryjonny · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Karma :

Kablooey, if it's in custard when it detonates.

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Tigerlea · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 07 Jul 2016 Karma :

Totally depends on the type of explosive devices..

But I'm agreeing with 'Kaboom!' for a dropped one – the drop/crack sound ('ka') followed by the BOOM blast...

I am sad that no one has yet mentioned the "kabam", "foom" (aftersound), or "bada-boom".

toby1 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Aug 2011 Karma :

Two old men arguing in an old peoples home, "it's WHOOMPH" said one of them. No "it's WHAAM" said the other. Just then the duty nurse intervened " I think the word your looking for is "Womb" she said. One old guy looked at the other and said" how would she know what a hippopotamus fart sounds like under water"

Probably not strictly on topic Laughing

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Andy_Pagin · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Nov 2010 Karma :

Depends on the type of explosive, type of detonator and your relative position to the detonation as well as echo effects.

For example a badly loaded flintlock pistol where priming powder has been squashed into the touch-hole will go ker-boom, 'ker' being the priming powder fizzling through the touch hole. A well primed pistol with a clear touch-hole will go 'KBoom' as a blast of flame shoots through the clear touch-hole.
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