The act of using phonetic jibberish to replace actual words, most commonly when forgetting a song's lyrics while singing it in a live setting. Vince Neil of Motley Crue is a pioneer of this practice, along with David Lee Roth during his tenure with Van Halen. It is also common to hear people chubabee while singing karaoke
"We were all singing along to 'Sweet Caroline' on the radio, but I had to chubabee once we got to the verse. Does anyone actually know the words?"
by Warren Payne April 16, 2019