“Dear BRK, can you explain the meaning of the term “bam-bam”? I understand “bling-bling” to be vernacular for shiny and/or expensive jewelry, but the term “bam-bam” eludes me. UrbanDictionary yields the definition “Another word for a fat blunt to smoke weed”, but I find it hard to believe that your wife requires you to buy illegal drugs for her. Please clarify, Sherp.”

From the movie Talladega Nights, bam-bam was indeed a colloquial term for cocaine, you’re correct. However, Mrs BRK has adapted it to mean, “Anything I particularly want at any particular moment.” This can be cash or material goods, or just a general “Appease Me!” feeling.

Mrs BRK sees some dark chocolate covered raisins? “BRK, buy those; I need some Bam-Bam!”

Mrs BRK wants a new truck? “BRK, you’d better get a good bonus this year. I need the Bam-Bam for my new Hummer H2!”

Comprehension and consistency are not as important as Mrs BRK getting to say “Bam-Bam”.

And you know, we may have to publish a BRK-Urban Dictionary.

And have no fear, denizens of central Florida, Mrs BRK will never have a Hummer H2. We once owned a Dodge Ram 1500 Rumblebee with the big V8 Hemi. In the driver’s seat, her eyes would glaze over and her spittle would coat the inside of the windshield. She would raise the seat as high as it would go so her 5′3″ frame could see over the steering wheel, race the engine to redline, scare the beejezus out of soccer-moms, and cause their minivans to high-tail-it out of the fast-lane.

No joke. We sold that thing PDQ.