The word "blockbuster" has wartime origins
The word first appeared in the pages of TIME. It was an article on the Allied bombing of key industrial targets in Italy. The bombs used were called blockbusters because of their ability to destroy an entire city block.
With time, the word entered the American lexicon as a metaphor for something shocking and explosive.
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