bazinga is an expression popularized by Sheldon Cooper is usually used at the end of a joke or joke, and means "got you" or "I cheated". It can also be used after verbally attacking someone, and is often used after a sarcastic comment.
The expression bazinga was first used on the American television series The Big Bang Theory also known in Brazil as The Big Bang Theory. The character Sheldon Cooper (played by Jim Parsons) uses the expression bazinga after jokes and sarcastic comments to enhance your sense of humor which is out of the ordinary.
This expression created by Sheldon Cooper, a rather strange theoretical physicist, has gained so much popularity that nowadays it is possible to buy t-shirts with the expression "bazinga" and is commonly used among friends' pranks.
the series The Big Bang Theory was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, who are also executive producers, and in the United States debuted on CBS in September 2007. In Brazil, it premiered on SBT in August 2011, but because it had little audience, it was canceled shortly after. From November 2012 onwards, it began to be broadcast during the night.
Some people have doubts between Bazinga and Bazinga. Despite not being a word that appears in the dictionary, considering the series and the shirts, the correct form is Bazinga.
Bazinga Example
Sheldon: Your shoes are beautiful! Where did you buy it?
Howard: What?
Sheldon: bazinga! I do not want to know!
Origin of Bazinga
The expression bazinga comes from the word "zing", which is used when someone deceives or ridicules another person. For the sake of sound and in an attempt to create a different slang, they added the "ba" at the beginning of the word and the "a" at the end, thus creating the expression "bazinga".
Bazinga Punk
For many fans, this is the best "bazinga" from Sheldon. In this case, Sheldon scares his friend Leonard out of revenge. Then he yells: "Bazinga, punk! Now we're even!" which means "Bazinga/Got you, asshole! Now we're even!"