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"Kill him" in the Lingala language. Known for the 60,000 who chanted it as Muhammad Ali entered the ring during the Rumble in the Jungle fight against George Foreman in 1974.
"Ali, bomaye! Ali, bomaye!"
Bomaye by boxercat August 25, 2009
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When we going Disneyland? Oh, bumbye....
bumbye by Lindsey April 21, 2003
a pidgin or Hawaiian creole english term meaning later on, at a later time, not right now etc. it is derived from the term "bye and bye" or "bye the bye"
kanaka 1: 'eh! can grab my book?

kanaka 2: ahh bumbye, my show ste on right now.
bumbye by hawaiianstile August 12, 2010
Litterally: "Kill Him" from Congolese 'Boma Ye'
Variations in spelling include Bumae, Bumaye, or Bumaé.
Come to be used as a cheer or hurrah to express enthusiasm for something
Student, upon passing a final exam: "I aced it! Bumayé!"
"Ali Buma Ye!" (film "Ali" with Will Smith)
"Ted Bumaye!" (Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother)
Buma Ye by winterwhite May 26, 2009

Ali Bomaye 

“Ali Bomaye” means “Ali Kill Him” in Lingala. Boma means “to kill” and Ye means “him/her”. Which is translated from Lingala; a Bantu language spoken in Angola, The Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tonight, the Congolese supporters of Muhammed Ali chanted “Ali Bomaye!” during the “Rumble in the Jungle” fight.
Ali Bomaye by solfrit June 26, 2022
Term originated from Eton boarding school circa 1964 by the victims of an act of buggery, (usually whilst one is asleep).
Bumaged by John Enstone November 25, 2004