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bamf
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/bamf/ 1. [from X-Men comics; originally bampf ] interj. Notional sound made
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by a person or object teleporting in or out of the hearer's vicinity. Often
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used in virtual reality (esp. MUD ) electronic fora when a character wishes
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to make a dramatic entrance or exit. 2. The sound of magical transformation,
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used in virtual reality fora like MUDs. 3. In MUD circles, bamf is also used
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to refer to the act by which a MUD server sends a special notification to
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the MUD client to switch its connection to another server ( I'll set up the
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old site to just bamf people over to our new location. ). 4. Used by MUDders
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on occasion in a more general sense related to sense 3, to refer to
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directing someone to another location or resource (eg. A user was asking
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about XYZ so I bamfed them to https://zombo.com)
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