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Whammy
Whammy meaning
a serious or devastating setback | an evil spell; a curse or hex | The vibrato system of an electric guitar, or just its lever (whammy bar)
Example sentences (20)
Previously, the company had the benefits of lower fixed costs, increased user count, and increased revenue per user as a triple whammy to increase profits.
The company behind the Manchester Food and Drink Festival has entered liquidation after being hit by a "triple whammy" of issues.
The dreaded WHAMMY has returned to cause more mischief.
There’s also the double whammy of high brightness settings tanking the battery life when at full blast.
The vintage-style tremolo bridge provides smooth pitch modulation and expressive whammy bar use.
Thus, a normalization scenario, alongside slower rate hikes, will be a double whammy for the P&L.
And in a race that will likely be decided by tenths of a percentage point, the unprecedented double-whammy could emerge as the “October surprise” that ultimately returns Trump to the White House.
Chromebooks are loved by their users primarily for their triple-whammy combo of affordability, stability, and ease of use.
Given all the controversies surrounding the F-35 over its high costs and reports of reliability issues, the USAF brass is starting to balk at the thought of going through an exponentially higher double-whammy of bank-breaking costs and public humiliation.
I am told to close my eyes and get ready and I think I remember Christopher giving a 3-2-1 countdown but I’m not sure and WHAM BAM WHAMMY we are underway.
It comes days after both Storm Isha and Storm Jocelyn smashed into the UK in a brutal double whammy.
London's trams will be affected by strike action and planned engineering works late March through to late April 2024 — in a double whammy of disruption.
More big firms are likely to go bust next year amid the “double whammy” of high borrowing costs and pressure on consumer budgets, according to insolvency experts.
Of course, it’s a double whammy; they feel terrible for themselves, and then they have the guilt of, ‘What have I done wrong?
Prices continue to soar at the same time as unemployment rises and economic growth slows - a triple whammy of problems.
School districts across the nation face a double whammy from inflation and the end of pandemic aid for meals.
The city is a shell of itself, particularly in downtown, where businesses fled after dealing with the triple whammy of the pandemic lockdown, months of nightly rioting by Black Lives Matter-antifa and violent homeless encampments.
The current account of the balance of payments was subjected to a double whammy, a reduction of receipts and a rise in the value of imports.
The “double whammy” of strikes on top of a rise in flu and Covid cases is a “perfect storm” heaping pressure on the NHS, a senior leader has said.
The Met Office has said the entire country can expect strong winds on Sunday, while certain areas will have the double whammy of rain.