What does whammy mean?
Definitions for whammy
ˈʰwæm i, ˈwæm iwham·my
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Princeton's WordNet
whammynoun
a serious or devastating setback
hex, jinx, curse, whammynoun
an evil spell
"a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
Wiktionary
whammynoun
a serious or devastating setback
whammynoun
an evil spell; a curse or hex
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whammy
A whammy is an event or situation that has serious, often negative, consequences or effects. The term is commonly used in informal contexts. Sometimes it refers to the bad luck, misfortune or setback itself, and other times it can refer to a cause of bad luck or a curse. It's also used to refer to a powerful blow or attack. In terms of a guitar effect, a "whammy" refers to the Whammy pitch-shifting pedal made famous by various rock guitarists.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of whammy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of whammy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of whammy in a Sentence
We're seeing a double whammy of yen strength combined with Japan Inc's tendency to give very conservative guidance, so you have to acknowledge some uncertainty over how much capex will actually be impacted by the stronger yen because we're unsure just how much exaggeration we're seeing in dim earnings forecasts.
That transition to a new team and expecting someone to perform at a really high level early on into a new term is a bit of a double whammy, it's not a four-month goal. Our ambition with him is longer term.
It's a double whammy and people don't know where to go for support.
The double whammy was the fact that at the same time, you had President Obama rolling out the red carpet for over 100,000 unaccompanied minors from Central and South America, many of us warned that this was a recipe for disaster – to have 15- or 16-year-old young men without parents to be resettled in this area. MS-13 became their family.
This is a lot of negative news, that is for sure ... We have a double-whammy happening, meaning copper prices continue to soften, and production targets are really at risk because of Glencore news, you could see a double-digit fiscal deficit very easily this year.
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