Thank you, Mr A Geyser, for this lovely phrase gleaned from your Sunday 7th comment.
A whim-wham, I've discovered, is a whimsical object. I like whimsical objects. According to Worldwide Words you can use 'whim-wham' when you don't really want to answer a question (that a child might ask, for example) or to create a whimsical idea: "a whim-wham for ducks to perch on, a whim-wham for a treacle mill, and a whim-wham to wind the sun up."
I am certainly somewhat whimsical, myself: a sheep having talking practice. I don't really welter in anything, though, (other than fears of disappearing down a black hole). As I've already set out my case for being eponymous, I like the idea of my being an eponymous whim-wham.
If I were in a more light-hearted mood, I might think that the Hadron Collider could sound a bit whimsical: creating black holes that might suck up the earth. We could then call it a 'whim-wham to swallow the earth'?
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Oh no, MM, they've gone and broken the LHC! And it's barely out of its wrapping paper. I told them to be careful with it. Well, they won't be having another one, they'll just have to see if they can mend it. Maybe some gluons and superstring...
I know, a bit of a damp squid whim-wham, if you ask me. I love the idea of using gluons and superstring.
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