Meanings
- InterneteuphemisticuncountableSex.
trying to sleep but my neighbour is doing the boombayah
2024 December 31, @naariiiaaa, Twitter2 more examples
Sky doesn't have scars because he was wearing a hazmat suit while doing the boombayah, I PROMISE I PROMISE
2025 March 2, skykdotidot.bsky.social, BlueskyI read it but I dont like the fact that they start doing the boombayah like 2-3 chapters in
2023 November 6, @nagisflowstate, Twitter
Origin
From the Blackpink single "Boombayah". The meaning is onomatopoeic from sounds of sex. According to Know Your Meme, the first known instance of this word being defined as sex was posted on Urban Dictionary at November 6, 2023.
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boombayah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boombayah
“boombayah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boombayah. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boombayah,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boombayah.
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