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Bamboocha - Sciences, Education, Art, Writing, UFO - Posted: 1st Sep, 2006 - 1:56pm
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Post Date: 1st Sep, 2006 - 12:28am / Post ID: #
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What does the word 'Bamboocha' really mean?
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Post Date: 1st Sep, 2006 - 8:15am / Post ID: #
Bamboocha
I had to defer to the Urban Dictionary for this one.
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1. bamboocha A word invented by some marketroid wearing suit for the Coca Cola Company, pretending to be "young", "cool", and "streetwise"... |
And the second meaning is this:
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Bamboocha is the trademark of Fanta -limonade. Meaning of havin' fun and bein' open minded. Bamboocha is also used as a positive response. Bamboocha means many things and is everywhere. |
But I believe that it is actually derived from another meaning:
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Hawaii pidgin English - or Hawaiian creole language and is used mainly in figurate meaning: bamboocha (bahm boo cha) Definition: huge; large; big Used In A Sentence: The surf stay bamboocha. In English?: Have you heard the surf report today? The surf is HUGE! |
And yet another person in a forum said this:
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Willi, bamboocha is also an Hawaiian word which means unnaturally large in size/humongous, but it can also mean to enjoy yourself chatting in Kenyan. |
So let me break down to you that it essentially means PHAT!
Nice way to take a separate word, trademark it, and try to start a cultural language change.
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