Whammy

Definition

whammy /'wæmi/ n ( infml esp US ) ကံဆိုးမိုးေမွာင္က်ျခင္း။ Labour's policy of high interest rates and higher taxes will hit every family in the land — it's a double whammy.

Examples

1. ‘It had a triple whammy of problems: poor content
2. latencies and content not suitable for the format
3. as well as a bad UI.’
4. ‘York Wasps suffered a triple whammy yesterday as the big winter freeze put paid to the New Year's Day clash against Swinton Lions.’
5. ‘But there can't be recovery if we triple and quadruple whammy these reefs.’
6. ‘This extremely talkative Plateau-born downtown resident has been putting the hypnosis whammy on people for over 50 years now.’
7. ‘But then the organisers came in with a whammy that left the undefeated team and its supporters scratching their heads!’
8. ‘The dinosaurs
9. they say
10. were killed not by a lone asteroid strike but by the quadruple whammy of global climate change
11. massive volcanism
12. and not one but two gigantic collisions.’
13. ‘The triple whammy of destruction greatly increases chances of developing an ‘age-related’ eye disease.’
14. ‘‘When you have people who have a diet that's very high in animal fat
15. they get the full whammy of the contaminants
16. ’ said David Carpenter
17. who supervised the St. Lawrence Island studies.’
18. ‘Shazia
19. growing up in the United Kingdom
20. faced the triple whammy of being Asian
21. Muslim and female.’
22. ‘Mr Denham's departure was the third blow of a triple whammy that saw Leader of the House Robin Cook and two junior ministers
23. including Mr Denham
24. quit their jobs.’
25. ‘Scottish Natural Heritage is facing a triple whammy of objections which are to be lodged with the Scottish parliament calling for an investigation into the activities of the conservation quango.’
26. ‘Playing the what-if game
27. the U.S. could face a quadruple whammy if OPEC stops cheating and Venezuela doesn't get its act together and a war disrupts Middle Eastern oil and we get a very cold winter.’
28. ‘Maumere Bay is slowly recovering from a triple whammy: earthquake
29. tidal waves and a cyclone.’
30. ‘The quadruple whammy is hitting winemakers like a 10-ton barrel.’
31. ‘Discrete little chunks of Thursday
32. that weren't goo-worthy in themselves
33. seem to have joined forces in the night and put the goo whammy on me this morning.’
34. ‘Our economy suffered a triple whammy this year - we were hit by Sars
35. the Iraq war
36. and then the world economic downturn.’
37. ‘So this week I've had the triple whammy of being busy
38. edgy and suddenly noticing a few people around seem to be looking unexpectedly good.’
39. ‘They have to think of one policy package and strategy to stop the triple whammy of falling stocks
40. bonds and the yen.’
41. ‘He said: ‘This is very much a triple whammy for the motorist and even a quadruple whammy if you happen to drive a diesel-powered vehicle.’’
42. ‘The final whammy is the twisted bowel operation.’