Booyakasha Edit Meaning

1.

Salutaion.

Form of greeting and hello's

Booyakasha! Check Dis!1

(See Check Dis)

2.

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"

Rudy tink he a badman, we have to go bust him- BOOYAKASHA!

3.

straight from the mouth of Ali G himself, in an interview with spin

Could you translate your catchphrases "booyakasha" and "wagwaan"?

"Booyakasha" means "listen up rudeboi everytin irie whayaso lickylicky ya wangagot fifiman." "Wagwaan" means "booyakasha."

booyakasha: "listen up rudeboi everytin irie whayaso lickylicky ya wangagot fifiman."

See booyakasha, ali g, wagwaan

4.

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.

Booyakasha! you know it!

See jamaican, patois, irish, gaelic, gaeilge, booyakasha

5.

an expression used when someone is destroyed by a verbal smack down. brought to us by ali G& characterized by a snap on the fingers.

I'm Ali G. Booyakasha !

See ali g, booyahkasha, booya, booyah

6.

a word in swahili that means "death to the white man"

"BOOYAKASHA!"

See booyakasha, reggae, booya

7.

Meaning pretty damn cool, wicked, awesome or agreeing with some-one

Guy 1: That party was awesome

Guy 2: Booyakasha

See cool, fun, party, awesome, wicked