Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US) exciting.

1952

(con. 1920s) ‘Harry Grey’ Hoods (1953) 157: I was frustrated. I needed a little of the bang action we had had in the old days. Things were too dull.

2. (US) a euph. for damn adj.

1955

N. Pulliam I Travelled a Lonely Land (1957) 230/1: bang – word of emphasis for practically everything, e.g., the whole bang kit and kaboodle.