dynamism, pizzazz, pizzaz, oomph, zing
(noun) the activeness of an energetic personality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Emerged in the 1930s' as a play on the word triumph: "try umph to triumph". The spelling evolved to the phonetic "oomph" over the 20th century.
oomph (countable and uncountable, plural oomphs)
(informal, uncountable) Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.
(informal, uncountable) Sex appeal.
(countable) A bassy grunting or thudding sound.
• (force or power): welly
oomph (third-person singular simple present oomphs, present participle oomphing, simple past and past participle oomphed)
(intransitive) To produce a bassy grunting or thudding sound.
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
