woema, noun

/ˈvʊmə//ˈvʊma/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, probably originally an interjection, imitative of the sound of a motor or an explosion; cf. U.S. English voom.
colloquial
Energy, power, verve. So woema interjection. Also Englished form vooma, voomah.
1971 Rand Daily Mail 6 Mar. (Suppl.) (advt)Woema! Let your car come alive...It’ll save you money. And at the same time give you something really new. Woema!
1987 City Press 25 Oct. 24New Ford Laser has added woema.
1987 Scope 20 Nov. 85Verve and voomah.
1989 Personality 26 June 77Why..does David Kramer’s music sound like a TV commercial..with..not enough woema in the goema?
1989 ‘Hogarth’ in Sunday Times 27 Aug. 24They shone in contrast to a National Party turned feckless and without vooma.
Energy, power, verve. So woema interjection. Also Englished form vooma, voomah.
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