booyah

[ boo-yah ]

interjection

, Slang.

1. (an exclamation used to celebrate victory or express elation):

   We won the championship! Booyah!

Word History and Origins

Origin of booyah¹

First recorded in 1985–90; boo ¹( def ) + yah ( def )

Example Sentences

Business news was not the carnival of booyah billionaires that we’ve come to know.

From Washington Post

Part of Whedon’s redesign was limiting the role of Fisher’s Cyborg, reducing him to repeating the catch phrase, “booyah,” that the cartoon version of his character is known for saying on the animated series “Teen Titans Go.”

From Washington Post

He resisted pleas from his wife and family to retire, saying he was devoted to his "brothers" of the US armed forces, who gave him his nickname, "Booyah".

From BBC

Johns pushed for Cyborg to say, "booyah"

From Salon

That seemed to be the end of it, until Fisher was asked to dinner by DC films co-chair John Berg, who told him, "What if the CEO of AT&T has a son or daughter, and that son or daughter wants Cyborg to say 'booyah' in the movie and we don't have a take of that? I could lose my job."

From Salon