Editing Onomatopoeia (section)

== Examples in media ==
* [[James Joyce]] in ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' (1922) coined the onomatopoeic ''{{Not a typo|tattarrattat}}'' for a knock on the door.<ref name="Joyce1982">{{cite book |author=James Joyce |title=Ulysses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZdOUXIOBhwC&pg=PT434 |year=1982 |publisher=Editions Artisan Devereaux |isbn=978-1-936694-38-9 |pages=434– |quote=... I was just beginning to yawn with nerves thinking he was trying to make a fool of me when I knew his tattarrattat at the door he must{{spaces}}...}}</ref> It is listed as the longest [[palindromic]] word in ''[[The Oxford English Dictionary]]''.<ref name="Booty2002">{{cite book |author=O.A. Booty |title=Funny Side of English |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVcHzENuAnMC&pg=PT203 |date=January 1, 2002 |publisher=Pustak Mahal |isbn=978-81-223-0799-3 |pages=203– |quote=The longest palindromic word in English has twelve letters: tattarrattat. This word, appearing in the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], was invented by [[James Joyce]] and used in his book ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' (1922), and is an imitation of the sound of someone [farting].}}</ref>
* ''[[Whaam!]]'' (1963) by [[Roy Lichtenstein]] is an early example of [[pop art]], featuring a reproduction of comic book art that depicts a fighter aircraft striking another with rockets with dazzling red and yellow explosions.
* In the 1960s TV series ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', comic book style onomatopoeic words such as ''wham!'', ''pow!'', ''biff!'', ''crunch!'' and ''zounds!'' appear onscreen during fight scenes.
* [[Ubisoft]]'s ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]'' employed the use of comic book onomatopoeic words such as ''bam!'', ''boom!'' and ''{{Not a typo|noooo}}!'' during gameplay for gunshots, explosions and kills, respectively. The comic-book style is apparent throughout the game and is a core theme, and the game is an adaptation of [[XIII (comics)|a comic book of the same name]].
* The chorus of American popular songwriter [[John Prine]]'s song "Onomatopoeia" incorporates onomatopoeic words: "Bang! went the pistol", "Crash! went the window", "Ouch! went the son of a gun".
* The marble game [[KerPlunk (game)|KerPlunk]] has an onomatopoeic word for a title, from the sound of [[marbles]] dropping when one too many sticks has been removed.
* The [[Nickelodeon]] cartoon's title ''[[KaBlam!]]'' is implied to be onomatopoeic to a crash.
* Each [[List of Harper's Island episodes|episode]] of the TV series ''[[Harper's Island]]'' is given an onomatopoeic name which imitates the sound made in that episode when a character dies. For example, in the episode titled ''"Bang"'' a character is shot and fatally wounded, with the "Bang" mimicking the sound of the gunshot.
* ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' Magazine cartoonist [[Don Martin (cartoonist)|Don Martin]], already popular for his exaggerated artwork, often employed creative comic-book style onomatopoeic sound effects in his drawings (for example, ''{{Not a typo|thwizzit}}'' is the sound of a sheet of paper being yanked from a typewriter). Fans have compiled ''The Don Martin Dictionary'', cataloging each sound and its meaning.