Boomshakalaka
interjection, noun · Offense · Medium
- An exclamatory slang term shouted to celebrate an emphatic dunk, popularized by the video game NBA Jam.
“They threw it down with two hands and the crowd erupted, boomshakalaka!”
Synonyms: Poster
See also: Dunk
Related: Pick and Pop, Pick and Roll, Open Step, Locked In, Pick
Origin
From the refrain of "I Want to Take You Higher", a 1969 song by Sly and the Family Stone. It became a basketball word through the 1993 arcade game NBA Jam, where announcer Tim Kitzrow shouted it after big dunks.
Sources: Wikipedia: I Want to Take You Higher, VICE: Man on Fire, the voice behind NBA Jam