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amazeballs

American  
[uh-meyz-bawlz] / əˈmeɪzˌbɔlz /

adjective

Slang.
  1. amazing.

    This place is amazeballs!

  2. amazed.

    I'm amazeballs that you did that for me.


amazeballs British  
/ əˈmeɪzˌbɔːlz /

interjection

  1. slang an expression of enthusiastic approval

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of amazeballs

2000–05; amaze + -balls (used as an intensifier)

Example Sentences

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According to Oxford, several of the words — including amazeballs and neckbeard — increased in usage at similar rates in the U.S. and UK.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2014

And, for the record, the guy playing Moriarty in the last series of Sherlock was totes amazeballs, as the youngsters might say.

From The Guardian May 23, 2013

Plus, there has to be some other adjective to describe Zooey Deschanel. amazeballs: You think it’s irritating that people overuse the word amazing, particularly when they pronounce it ah-maahh-zing.

From Time Dec. 27, 2012

We are now so impervious to the slings and arrows of the totes amazeballs fun world that only sad sacks complain.

From The Guardian May 30, 2012

This does not make Abilify a seeming candidate for popular usage on the order of amazeballs.

From Newsweek

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