bish bash bosh

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Etymology

Expressive retriplication of bosh.

Interjection

bish bash bosh

  1. (British, informal) Indicating the completion of a task with efficiency.
    • 2001 June 1, Gareth McLean, “I like your altitude”, in The Guardian:
      Throw in a love story early on and you're laughing. Write it up as a novel and, bish-bash-bosh, you've got the next Captain Corelli.
    • 2007 August 8, Gerard O'Donovan, “Last night on television”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved October 14, 2008:
      So infectious was Jamie’s trademark bish bash bosh enthusiasm that it may actually have been counterproductive.

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