Booyakasha
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straight from the mouth of Ali G himself, in an interview with spin.com
Could you translate your catchphrases booyakasha and wagwaan?
Booyakasha means listen up rudeboi everytin irie whayaso lickylicky ya wangagot fifiman. Wagwaan means booyakasha. -
Actually it is a Jamaican patois approximation of the sound of a gunshot- you hold two fingers in the air and shout BOOYAKASHA, BOO- BOO- BOOYAKASHA
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Booyakasha comes from the Irish word buíochas (pronounced bwee ah kuss) which mean glory to or praise be as in buíochas le Dia which means thanks be to god. Oliver Cromwell sent 1000s of Irish to the plantations in Jamaica, and a lot of Irish (or Gaelic as non Irish people know it) words made it in to Jamaican patois. Another example is Irie from the Irish verb Eirigh (pronounced Ire - ee) meaning to get up.
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Dont know what it means but Ali G didnt make it up. Rapper KRS-One shouts it out at the beginning of Keep Their Heads Ringin by Dr. Dre. In 1995. Before Ali G. Probably Jamaican roots then...
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a quick exclamation used when one has owned, pwned, shanked, kicked the crap out of, or mentally abused someone followed immediately by a quick snap of the fingers.
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see above for definition
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Meaning pretty damn cool, wicked, awesome or agreeing with some-one
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a word in swahili that means death to the white man
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I have searched for Swahili translations and can't find any proof of this.
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Booyakasha comes from the Irish word buíochas (pronounced bwee ah kuss) which mean glory to or praise be as in buíochas le Dia which means thanks be to god. Oliver Cromwell sent 1000s of Irish to the plantations in Jamaica, and a lot of Irish (or Gaelic as non Irish people know it) words made it in to Jamaican patois. Another example is Irie from the Irish verb Eirigh (pronounced Ire - ee) meaning to get up.
@pussycat nice copy and paste
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Swahili 'Bilah Shaka' = 'without a doubt.'
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Booyakasha comes from the Irish word buíochas (pronounced bwee ah kuss) which mean glory to or praise be as in buíochas le Dia which means thanks be to god. Oliver Cromwell sent 1000s of Irish to the plantations in Jamaica, and a lot of Irish (or Gaelic as non Irish people know it) words made it in to Jamaican patois. Another example is Irie from the Irish verb Eirigh (pronounced Ire - ee) meaning to get up.
@PussyCat
This word is not what y’all think it means and let me tell u u are wrong, it’s Swahili now I rather not state what it means but just know it’s not peaches and cream
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