- sis-boom-bah
- sis-boom-bah cheerleading chant, originally (1867) an echoic phrase imitating the sound of a skyrocket flight (sis), the burst of the fireworks (boom), and the reaction of the crowd ( (b)ah).
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sis-boom-bah
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