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Zoom Zooms and Wham Whams 

Terms used for getting junk food, mostly by street people and people in jail. Was often used when someone would spend a $1.00 food stamp and get the change back in coins. The items bought based on how cheap they are but they still bring happiness. In jail they are used for negotiation and trade.
I will give you 2 cigs if you go to the commissary and pick up some zoom zooms and wham whams.

wham whams 

prison slang for items bought from a list and picked up from the prison canteen. i.e. cookies, snacks.
see also zoom zooms
Man if you keep losing at spades, you gonna lose all your wham whams and zoom zooms
wham whams by prison linguist May 18, 2004

Zoo Zoos and Wham Whams 

prison slang for snacks and cakes
“I sell dat boy p*ssy for zoo zoos and wham whams” - Beyond Scared straight

whim whams 

When you really like someone and things are going great, and then you suddenly don't like them anymore for no apparent reason, or start to find miniscule things that are with wrong with them that annoy you.
"Tom and I went on 6 dates and I was really starting to fall for him! Then I got the whim whams."

"I really, really, really like Michael, but... I've got a case of the whim whams. I decided that I actually don't like his beard or his cat or his shoes."
whim whams by Brenskins March 8, 2014

zuzu's and wham whams 

I heard of them a very long time ago..like 30 years. The Grateful Dead followers called the various trail mixes and snacks zuzus and wham whams.
Let's go score some zuzu's and wham whams before the show!
zuzu's and wham whams by Gytannia November 25, 2019

zoo zoos and wham whams 

Zoo zoos are commissary food items sold to prisoners and wham whams are cigarettes. Circa 1980s youngins. It ain't all sweet, cabrón.
Run those zoo zoos and wham whams, Flaco! Make some moves and put some money on the books for me. Send it so I can spend it.
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Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
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Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
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