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ShamWow
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English
Etymology
Trade name, from en chamois wow.
Noun
A brand of absorbent cloth.
en 2009 John C Bieber Angels You might as well buy a couple of ShamWows and least you get your money's worth.
2010, Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip
"Use this Shamwow to absorb someone else's soul while you suck on the other end."
en 2009 G. B. Trudeau My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?: The Tweets of Roland Hedley 25 From now on, will soak up her briefings like Shamwow.
en 2008 Jeff Zahratka Sweepers Sweepers Man Your Brooms: An Enlisted Man's Story 167 He had sincere ambition, and he would soak up information like a "ShamWOW" sponge.