bangarang

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

>From urbandictionary.com :

bangarang 
1. Battle cry of the Lost Boys in the movie Hook. 
2. Jamaican slang defined as a hubbub, uproar, disorder, or disturbance. 
3. General exclamation meant to signify approval or amazement. 
1. "Bangarang!" 
2. "What be all that bangarang?" 
3. "Dude, I boned my psych professor last night." 
 "Bangarang!" 

Gerald Cohen

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It's from Hook. They use it to mean cool=2C awesome=2C or rad.

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The President of the United States tweets that Robin Williams was=2C among
other things=2C "a bangarang Peter Pan."

Wha'?

JL

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