Boom De Yada!
Tacia
What does "Boom de yada" mean?
This phrase(?) is from the jingle of the Discovery Chanel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=TW&hl=zh-TW&v=MaZyPoxIT1E
The phrase(?) is shown in the video at 00:23
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_lyrics_to_the_Discovery_Channel_song_Boom_De_Ya_Da
In this page, it is "boom de ah da."
Is it from another language other than English?
Or is it meaningless?
Regards
Tacia
Raymond O'Hara
"Tacia" <outof...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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It is the true meaning of the universe and it takes years of intense study
to grasp its deeper meaning and this group is inadequate to the task of
explaining it.
I hope that helps
Prai Jei
Here goes with my two eurocents' worth:
Boom - onomatopoeic representation of an explosion
de - French/Spanish/Italian/Portuguese/Rumanian/Esperanto "of"
Yada - opposite of Nada (zero, nothing) - "everything"
So "explosion of everything" - read "explosion [giving rise to] everything"
= big bang.
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Django Cat
> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>
> What does "Boom de yada" mean?
I don't know, but it might be just what the lyric I'm struggling to
write at the moment needs.
> This phrase(?) is from the jingle of the Discovery Chanel.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=TW&hl=zh-TW&v=MaZyPoxIT1E
> The phrase(?) is shown in the video at 00:23
>
> http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_lyrics_to_the_Discovery_Channel
> _song_Boom_De_Ya_Da In this page, it is "boom de ah da."
>
> Is it from another language other than English?
> Or is it meaningless?
>
It's meaningless, Tacia.
DC
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>
>Tacia wrote:
>
>> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>>
>> What does "Boom de yada" mean?
>
>I don't know, but it might be just what the lyric I'm struggling to
>write at the moment needs.
About 25 years ago, MTV ran a "bumper" consisting entirely of black slides with
white lettering, fading to a completely black screen between consecutive slides,
while an announcer read out the words displayed...the text of the ad was:
MTV plays more videos in a row
More videos per hour
Doodle doodle dee
Wubba wubba wubba
"Wubba wubba wubba" was the catchphrase of then-current VJ "Downtown Julie
Brown"...to the best of my knowledge nobody ever explained what it was supposed
to mean....r
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Glenn Knickerbocker
> Boom - onomatopoeic representation of an explosion
> de - French/Spanish/Italian/Portuguese/Rumanian/Esperanto "of"
> Yada - opposite of Nada (zero, nothing) - "everything"
> So "explosion of everything" - read "explosion [giving rise to] everything"
> = big bang.
Nicely done. I think I'm starting to love xkcd:
http://xkcd.com/442/
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/22/xkcd-roleplayers-ree.html
As to the actual origin, I've always figured it's just partial imitation
of "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay." From years of being dragged around to Girl
Scout events by my mom, followed by summers at various church camps, I
will testify that there's no "y" on the front of "ah-da" in the parts of
Pennsylvania and New York I grew up in.
So, anybody want to tackle "Flea Fly Flew"? One French web page I found
about that one seems to imply that the girls are deanimating little
sausages.
ŽR
Django Cat
> > Tacia wrote:
> >
> >> Ladies and Gentlemen:
> >>
> >> What does "Boom de yada" mean?
> >
> > I don't know, but it might be just what the lyric I'm struggling to
> > write at the moment needs.
>
> About 25 years ago, MTV
MTV has been running for 25 years? Jesus wept.
DC
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> Prai Jei wrote:
> > Boom - onomatopoeic representation of an explosion
> > de - French/Spanish/Italian/Portuguese/Rumanian/Esperanto
> > "of" Yada - opposite of Nada (zero, nothing) - "everything"
> > So "explosion of everything" - read "explosion [giving rise to]
> > everything" = big bang.
>
> Nicely done. I think I'm starting to love xkcd:
>
> http://xkcd.com/442/
The transistor panel was quite humorous for us engineering types.
Brian
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Launched on August 1, 1981, according to Wikipedia.
Pat Durkin
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> Prai Jei wrote:
>> Boom - onomatopoeic representation of an explosion
>> de - French/Spanish/Italian/Portuguese/Rumanian/Esperanto
>> "of" Yada - opposite of Nada (zero, nothing) - "everything"
>> So "explosion of everything" - read "explosion [giving rise to]
>> everything" = big bang.
>
> Nicely done. I think I'm starting to love xkcd:
>
> http://xkcd.com/442/
All different rhythms and melodies, of course:
Boom(p)tyada, boomptiada, boom, boom, boom!
Boom(p) diddly dum dum, boom, boom!
Boom(p) diddly ah dah, boom, boom!
Zippa dee doo dah, zippa dee aye. My, oh my, what a wonderful day!
It's a zippa-dee-doo-dah day!
Supercalif. . .etc.
> http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/22/xkcd-roleplayers-ree.html
>
> As to the actual origin, I've always figured it's just partial
> imitation of "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay." From years of being dragged
> around to Girl Scout events by my mom,
You were a Girl Scout? She was a Girl Scout? That was a Girl Scout
song?
>followed by summers at various
> church camps, I will testify that there's no "y" on the front of
> "ah-da" in the parts of Pennsylvania and New York I grew up in.
>
> So, anybody want to tackle "Flea Fly Flew"? One French web page I
> found about that one seems to imply that the girls are deanimating
> little sausages.
>
> ŹR
Django Cat
> Django Cat wrote:
>
> > R H Draney wrote:
> >
> > > > Tacia wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Ladies and Gentlemen:
> > > >>
> > > >> What does "Boom de yada" mean?
> > > >
> > > > I don't know, but it might be just what the lyric I'm struggling
> > > > to write at the moment needs.
> > >
> > > About 25 years ago, MTV
> >
> > MTV has been running for 25 years? Jesus wept.
>
> Launched on August 1, 1981, according to Wikipedia.
>
Ouch.
DC
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> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>
> What does "Boom de yada" mean? This phrase(?) is from the jingle of the
> Discovery Chanel.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=TW&hl=zh-TW&v=MaZyPoxIT1E The phrase(?) is
> shown in the video at 00:23
>
> http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_lyrics_to_the_Discovery_Channel_son
> g_Boom_De_Ya_Da In this page, it is "boom de ah da."
>
> Is it from another language other than English? Or is it meaningless?
It's meaningless, but not originally from the Discovery Chanel. It's
from a campfire song called "I Love the Mountains."
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R H Draney
>
>Prai Jei wrote:
>> Boom - onomatopoeic representation of an explosion
>> de - French/Spanish/Italian/Portuguese/Rumanian/Esperanto "of"
>> Yada - opposite of Nada (zero, nothing) - "everything"
>> So "explosion of everything" - read "explosion [giving rise to] everything"
>> = big bang.
>
>of "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay." From years of being dragged around to Girl
>Scout events by my mom, followed by summers at various church camps, I
>will testify that there's no "y" on the front of "ah-da" in the parts of
>Pennsylvania and New York I grew up in.
Any relation to "Boom shaka laka laka"?...r
Glenn Knickerbocker
>"Glenn Knickerbocker" <No...@bestweb.net> wrote>> imitation of "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay." From years of being dragged
>> around to Girl Scout events by my mom,
>You were a Girl Scout? She was a Girl Scout? That was a Girl Scout
>song?
She was a Girl Scout *leader*, and I was a pliant enough kid to be
plopped in a corner with a book rather than left with a babysitter.
The only song I remember hearing more often at Girl Scout meetings
was "Heart and Soul" pounded out in piano duets.
ŹR "Carl Sagan is more educational than J.R.R. Tolkien even though they
were both total stoners." K. http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/cosmic.html
Prai Jei
space-time continuum:
> As to the actual origin, I've always figured it's just partial imitation
> of "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay." From years of being dragged around to Girl
> Scout events by my mom, followed by summers at various church camps, I
> will testify that there's no "y" on the front of "ah-da" in the parts of
> Pennsylvania and New York I grew up in.
To me it sounded more a simplification of "Boom - oo - ya-ta-ta-ta", the
silly refrain to that silly song by Morecambe and Wise.
> So, anybody want to tackle "Flea Fly Flew"? One French web page I found
> about that one seems to imply that the girls are deanimating little
> sausages.
Now that sounds more like "blum blum blum blee blow blow" - the sound of
mischevous schoolboys parodying their Latin grammar - to which their mates
would reply "blah blah blah blorum bliss bliss".
Prai Jei
continuum:
> Wubba wubba wubba
>
> "Wubba wubba wubba" was the catchphrase of then-current VJ "Downtown Julie
> Brown"...to the best of my knowledge nobody ever explained what it was
> supposed to mean....r
Some vague reference to George Wubba Bush perhaps, or some equally vague
reference to an unspecified website.
James Silverton
>> Wubba wubba wubba
>>
>> "Wubba wubba wubba" was the catchphrase of then-current VJ
>> "Downtown Julie Brown"...to the best of my knowledge nobody
>> ever explained what it was supposed to mean....r
> Some vague reference to George Wubba Bush perhaps, or some
> equally vague reference to an unspecified website.
I don't think it's necessary to invent new middle names for Bush.
"Dubya", after Maureen Dowd, is quite good enough to identify him.
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Chuck Riggs
wrote:
If it is meaningless, add "ding dong de", at which point the meaning
should become clear.
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James Silverton
>> Tacia wrote:
>>
>>> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>>>
>>> What does "Boom de yada" mean?
>>
>> I don't know, but it might be just what the lyric I'm
>> struggling to write at the moment needs.
>>
>>> This phrase(?) is from the jingle of the Discovery Chanel.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=TW&hl=zh-TW&v=MaZyPoxIT1E
>>> The phrase(?) is shown in the video at 00:23
>>>
>>> http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_lyrics_to_the_Discovery_Channel
>>> _song_Boom_De_Ya_Da In this page, it is "boom de ah da."
>>>
>>> Is it from another language other than English?
>>> Or is it meaningless?
>>>
>> It's meaningless, Tacia.
> If it is meaningless, add "ding dong de", at which point the
> meaning should become clear.
There are a number of meaningless refrains in traditional songs. I
believe "Lillibulero", in the Irish song of the same name is one as is
"Fa la la la la la" in "Here's a health unto his majesty", both dating
back to the 17th century.
Django Cat
Bit like "A-Wop-bop-a-loo-lop a-lop-bam-boo", maybe?
DC
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Just one hint: "Dooby dooby doo" is a key to one level, according to
the Chairman of the Board.
Lew
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Lew
> Here goes with my two eurocents' worth:
> Boom - onomatopoeic representation of an explosion
> de - French/Spanish/Italian/Portuguese/Rumanian/Esperanto "of"
> Yada - opposite of Nada (zero, nothing) - "everything"
> So "explosion of everything" - read "explosion [giving rise to] everything"
> = big bang.
Yada, yada, yada ...
Since "yada" is a common word (in AmE at least), you might want to use a less
idiolectic definition.
--
Lew
Lew
>>> MTV has been running for 25 years? Jesus wept.
Default User wrote:
>> Launched on August 1, 1981, according to Wikipedia.
Django Cat wrote:
> Ouch.
I remember that time - they used to play music videos.
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Prai Jei
continuum:
> Prai wrote on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:05:44 +0000:
>
>>> Wubba wubba wubba
>>>
>>> "Wubba wubba wubba" was the catchphrase of then-current VJ
>>> "Downtown Julie Brown"...to the best of my knowledge nobody
>>> ever explained what it was supposed to mean....r
>
>> Some vague reference to George Wubba Bush perhaps, or some
>> equally vague reference to an unspecified website.
>
> I don't think it's necessary to invent new middle names for Bush.
> "Dubya", after Maureen Dowd, is quite good enough to identify him.
Does he still need to be identified at all?
Mike Lyle
[...]
> From years of being dragged around to Girl
Hang on a tick, Glenn. Does this mean I was wrong to assume you were a
man? Either way, I apologise.
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Peter Duncanson (BrE)
In another post Glenn said:
She was a Girl Scout *leader*, and I was a pliant enough kid to be
plopped in a corner with a book rather than left with a babysitter.
Your assumption (and mine) may still be valid.
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Mike Lyle
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get a Totally Official Answer soon enough.
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Chuck Riggs
Repeating, nonsense syllables were commonplace in many of the
madrigals of the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods. They went back
further yet, although they were of a different nature, in some
Gregorian chants.
Chuck Riggs
wrote:
Yes, whatever rocks your soul.
Chuck Riggs
<mike_l...@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>"Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <ma...@peterduncanson.net> wrote in message
>news:gdvro4dclq6ah6u9f...@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 20:31:09 -0000, "Mike Lyle"
>> <mike_l...@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Glenn Knickerbocker" <No...@bestweb.net> wrote in message
>>>news:498CCFF1...@bestweb.net...
>>>[...]
>>>> From years of being dragged around to Girl
>>>> Scout events by my mom,[...]
>>>
>>>Hang on a tick, Glenn. Does this mean I was wrong to assume you were a
>>>man? Either way, I apologise.
>>
>> In another post Glenn said:
>>
>> She was a Girl Scout *leader*, and I was a pliant enough kid to be
>> plopped in a corner with a book rather than left with a babysitter.
>>
>> Your assumption (and mine) may still be valid.
>>
>Yes, I saw that one after I'd posted. But if Glenn actually cares, we'll
>get a Totally Official Answer soon enough.
Glenn will be an unusual person indeed if he or she doesn't care what
his or her sex is.
Prai Jei
continuum:
> It is the true meaning of the universe
I thought that was 42
Glenn Knickerbocker
>Glenn will be an unusual person indeed if he or she doesn't care what
>his or her sex is.
I hope I'll be unusual enough even if I do.
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Evan Kirshenbaum
> Django Cat filted:
>>
> About 25 years ago, MTV ran a "bumper" consisting entirely of black
> slides with white lettering, fading to a completely black screen
> between consecutive slides, while an announcer read out the words
> displayed...the text of the ad was:
>
> MTV plays more videos in a row
>
> More videos per hour
>
> Doodle doodle dee
>
> Wubba wubba wubba
>
> "Wubba wubba wubba" was the catchphrase of then-current VJ "Downtown
> Julie Brown"...to the best of my knowledge nobody ever explained
> what it was supposed to mean....r
My guess would be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYnqbdo2jw
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2075/wubba.html
"Wubba wubba wubba is a monster song". Hmm...That lyrics page gives a
copyright of 1989, which would be too late for 25 years ago.
Wikipedia says
"Wubba Wubba Wubba" was also the catchphrase of MTV veejay
Downtown Julie Brown, alleged to have come from an accidental
reading of a joke on a teleprompter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubba_Wubba_Wubba
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