Exultant success cry
Booyah is an exclamation of triumph, excitement, or self-congratulation—often shouted after a victory or successful action: Booyah! Nailed it!
The word emerged from sports and gaming culture in the 1990s and carries an exuberant, slightly cocky energy.
It functions like a louder, more emphatic version of "yes!"
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Exultant success cry
Booyah is an exclamation of triumph, excitement, or self-congratulation—often shouted after a victory or successful action: Booyah! Nailed it!
The word emerged from sports and gaming culture in the 1990s and carries an exuberant, slightly cocky energy.
It functions like a louder, more emphatic version of "yes!"
1. enthusiastic — yahoo, Brutish, uncouth person; yippee (Exclamation of glee); wahoo (Fast tropical game fish); yay (Exclamation of triumph); hurrah · whoop · ta-da · woohoo · yeah · yes · awesome · woot · heck yeah · bam
emotional exclamationbooyah ≠ damn Mild expletive; dammit · aw man · oh no · crap · shoot
energy levelbooyah ≠ meh Indifference, vocalized; whatever · sigh · blah · eh · hmph
90s Slang: all that, as if, da bomb, the bomb, dope; exclamations: oh, yes, no, wow, hey; Victory Cheers: victory, triumph, win, winner, winning; Cheers: hooray, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, yay
boil, bouillon, bouillabaisse
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/booyah