#LegendOf #Shazam - I Start to imagine a @SHAZAMmovie-sequel (maybe in the Same #DCUniverse @DCUO, maybe an 'alternate' universe), but ...

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... I don't wanna 'get my hopes up'—I'm sure producers have already finalized a script- or started shooting- or are editing the film-of the next SHAZAM-movie (sequel to the one starring Zachary Levi; but I don't "know" that (haven't heard either way yet), so 'what I'm imagining' might either have to lean heavily on that 'alternate universe'-clause or -have to change the names around ...

First, let's look at 'that word' (below-hyperlinked to ) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
Etymonline reports that the word “Shazam” was 'invented' by DC (isn't 'DC Comics' a tautology? like ATM Machine or WCW Wrestling?) in '1940' (though Wikipedia says "Captain Marvel" started being published in 1939 ... maybe Captain didn't use 'the magic word' to become "Captain" until 1940).
'The magic word' was said to be an acronym (like SHIELD) formed from the names of the Immortal Elders whose powers are activated when the hero says it: |Solomon (his Wisdom), |Hercules (his Strength), Atlas (his |Stamina), Zeus (his |Omnipotence), |Achilles (his |Courage (Nigh-In|vulnerable)) & Mercury (his Speed (and the Flight that comes with it)). 
But I remember 'the word' being used as an exclamation on early television (by Gomer Pyle & maybe Jethro Bodine)—leading me to do a little bit of 'grassroots etymology' of my own 🤔 
'Shazam' looks like it's 'onomatopoeia' ("words that are the sounds they make," not unlike the infamous 'fighting sounds' of the live-action BATMAN from the `60s)—the sound of a percussionist doing a 'roll-crash' on the suspended-cymbal.
My first thought—there are seven deadly-sins the new wizard set watch over (Envy, Gluttony, Pride, Greed, Lust, Sloth, Wrath), but only six Wizards; so there needs to be a seventh power, and I'm inspired (by current events) to make it ...

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