After the assembly, the students proudly presented their thank-you-ma'ams to the visiting veterans.

Please slow down for the thank-you-ma'am by the school crossing; it really stops cars in a hurry.

He shrugged, 'wham, bam, thank you ma'am,' as if to sum up the night he'd spent on a quick, formulaic hookup.

He shrugged off her questions with a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am attitude and left the room.