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Hasa Diga Eebowai 

(interjection (and noun) and recently adjective)

A nonsense phrase from the Trey Parker/Matt Stone musical The Book of Mormon, intended to sound Ugandan but in fact untranslatable, although "Hasa Diga" means "just tell" in Portuguese and "Eebowai" means "picture ebony" in Japanese. This is a coincidence.

Within the context of the musical, the phrase means "Fuck you, God", and the song in which it occurs is intended to demonstrate the meaningless optimism of believing in God when social atrocities such as AIDS and female genital mutilation occur daily. The song is a parody of the The Lion King song Hakuna Matata.
We've had no rain in several days (Hasa Diga Eebowai!)
And eighty percent of us have AIDS (Hasa Diga Eebowai!)
Many young girls here get circumcised
Their clits get cut right off (Way oh!)
And so we say up to the sky
Hasa Diga Eebowai!
Hasa Diga Eebowai by G-J-C August 30, 2019
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Hasa Diga Eebowai 

An Ugandan phrase, translated literally into English as "F*ck you, God!" Found in the Trey Parker / Matt Stone 2011 musical "The Book of Mormon."
Used musically, as in "Hakuna Matata" in "The Lion King" -

"There isn't enough food to eat / Hasa Diga Eebowai
People are starving in the street / Hasa Diga Eebowai"
The act of using one's excess elbow skin to reach an orgasm, either in a solo act or with one or more partners.
Have you seen how sparkly Carla's elbow skin looks lately? I bet she's been elblowing a bunch of dudes like a pro!
Elblow by TheConda February 16, 2022
To deliver a "blow to the ego", especially through electronic means (i.e. social media). Eblows are especially potent online as the potential for more people to see the blow being struck is increased.
"Did you see that eblow Cam delivered to that guy who was talking crap about CrossFit?"
eblow by c101213 January 15, 2014
The act of simulating a blow job on a bent elbow.
"you get any last night?"
"nah, my girls so prude I couldn't even get an elblow"
Elblow by BurnyMack August 9, 2018

Hasa Diga Eebowai 

A Ugandan phrase that means fuck you God. So basically, what you'd say to God in 2020.
Friend: I have COVID-19! Oh no!
Me: HASA DIGA EEBOWAI
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