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Posted by ESC October 15, 2003In reply to Booya! posted by ESC on October 15, 2003

What's this oddball expression mean? Where's it from?

Roughly translated, hooray. It sprung up within the last 5 to 7 years among young people. Source?

They were saying something like it in the movie "Black Hawk Down."

From a submission to UrbanDictionary.com --
booya "boo yaw"
1. A threatening phrase derived from gang terminology for the sound a shotgun makes when fired. 2. An exclamation.
"This (bleep) was creepin' tryin' to gaffle my whip, but I snuck out the crib, cocked back, and BOOYA, splattered that fool's brains all over the driveway!" "Booya grandma, booya!"

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