# When did "Boom." become a commonly-accepted to way "Yeah - I said it." or thereabouts **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483 "2013-10-28T20:33:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/1 "2013-10-28T20:33:26Z")
I looked around the SDMB, but didn’t find a thread on this - sorry if one exists in another Forum. Otherwise - the OP titles asks it all. It’s been around for a few years and is even experiencing a bit of backlash. When did it start getting popular - and from what corner of pop culture? ---
**Author:** ![Keweenaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Keweenaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keweenaw)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/2 "2013-10-28T20:51:43Z")
I’m sure this isn’t it, but its the most memorable I could think of. [Gameday Bucket go Boom](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7wyp/kfc-gameday-box-go-boom) KFC 2013 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/3 "2013-10-28T21:03:55Z")
I realized it was getting crossover big around Father’s Day last year, 2012. That’s when Ronan Farrow tweeted that it was “Father’s Day, or as we refer to it in my family, Brother-in-Law’s Day” to take a stab at Woody Allen. Mia Farrow retweeted Ronan’s tweet, adding “Boom.” ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/4 "2013-10-28T21:29:55Z")
I am guessing sometime in the summer of 2014. Boom?!? Wha…? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/5 "2013-10-28T21:37:19Z")
Could it be related to the infamous “[Boom goes the dynamite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_goes_the_dynamite)” incident? (Link is to Wiki article; video is on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no&feature=player_detailpage#t=145); link is targeted to phrase.) ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/6 "2013-10-28T22:39:25Z")
[Steve Jobs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y38Sb3FOYmY). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/7 "2013-10-28T23:12:48Z")
John Madden? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/8 "2013-10-28T23:17:35Z")
**Just Ed** - thanks; I’d forgotten that! **tellyworth** - cool! I’d never seen those clips. In both cases, Boom is being used to say “Presto!”, give or take. The use of Boom I am targeting is more like a mic drop - Game Over, you’ve been served, we’re done here… ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/9 "2013-10-29T01:54:00Z")
“Not yet”, I would have thought. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/10 "2013-10-29T02:13:46Z")
I thought it was from “boom, headshot” which has been a gamer thing for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/11 "2013-10-30T02:46:44Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > Could it be related to the infamous “[Boom goes the dynamite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_goes_the_dynamite)” incident? (Link is to Wiki article; video is on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no&feature=player_detailpage#t=145); link is targeted to phrase.) This is also the first thing I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-boom-become-a-commonly-accepted-to-way-yeah-i-said-it-or-thereabouts/672483/12 "2013-10-30T13:23:23Z")
Maybe next month.