bow chicka wow wow

• bow chica wow wow
• bow-chica-wow-wow
• bow chicka bow wow
• bow-chicka-bow-wow
• bow-chicka-wow-wow

From onomatopoeia for the stereotypical funk riff used in the soundtracks to pornographic films. Wired credits comedian Jordan Brady as "apparently the first person ever to use the phrase"^[1] and it was a part of his act in his Evening at the Improv routine in 1989.^[2] However, it is not clear when the phrase came into more common usage.

• Audio (US):

  (file)

  • Audio (onomatopoetic):

    (file)

bow chicka wow wow (uncountable)

1. (euphemistic) Sexual activity or approval.
   • 2014, Pamela Hearon, Moonlight in Paris, →ISBN, page 74:

     And when all the kids finally moved out, she and Sawyer had had plenty of...how did the younger generation put it? Bow-chicka-wow-wow?

   • 2013, Brandon Wilkinson, The Tin Boy: Tale of a Scottish Football Misfit‎, →ISBN, page 18:

     He started daen sounds wi his mooth like cheesy porn music, then started sayin' “bow chicka wow wow,” while stickin' his right index finger through the hole he'd made wi his left index finger n thumb.

     He started doing sounds with his mouth like cheesy porn music, then started saying “bow chicka wow wow,” while sticking his right index finger through the hole he'd made with his left index finger and thumb.

   • 2012, Emma Straub, Other People We Married, →ISBN:

     Abigail pulled down a corner of the towel, enough for one eye to peek out. “Bow chicka wow wow,” she said, and covered her eye again.

2. (onomatopoeia) The music used in pornographic movies or by strippers.
   • 2007 November 25, Kevin Schmitt, “Guitar Hero II: Legends of Rock”, in Consumer Electronics Net:

     Also, one venue may as well be a commercial for Axe body spray, complete with gyrating young females and the "bow chicka wow wow" slogan featuring prominently.