Stuart Scott dies at age of 49

espn.com ^ | January 4, 2015 | Steve Wulf

[John W]

Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning at the age of 49.

Among the features of the new ESPN studio in Bristol is a wall of catchphrases made famous by on-air talent over the years. An amazing nine of them belong to one man -- from his signature "Boo-Yah!" to "As cool as the other side of the pillow" to "He must be the bus driver cuz he was takin' him to school."

[9thLife]

I’ve always wondered who came up with “Boo-Yah!”

I guess it wasn't Jim Cramer, then?

[CGASMIA68]

Found this link the pics in left had column explain the different versions of Boo yah
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-does-booyah-mean.htm#

[GSWarrior]

OoRah....not boo-ya.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Then maybe this thread is of no interest to you.......odd you commented on it.

[C. Edmund Wright]

I don’t think he really dumbed it down - he could play it straight too.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“Boo-yah....wasn’t it the You.S. Marines?”

The Marine saying is, “Hu-Ah”, spelled “HUA”, which is an acronym for “Heard, Understood, Acknowledged.”

[John W]

It was interesting on NFL Countdown to hear both Cris Carter and Keyshawn Johnson speak of how Scott cleared the way for them to speak the way they spoke in life on TV and to not worry about wearing the right tie with the right suit. They both were decked out to the nines while saying this and don’t recall either to be much of an on-air slang user.

[bigdaddy45]

Thanks for your classy response. Lots of us HAVE heard of him. And he was very good at what he did.

[bigdaddy45]

He was a sports anchor. I don’t want my sports anchors doing political commentary.

[edpc]

We’ll have to disagree on that one. The general acceptance and proliferation of that style brings us closer to realizing the plot line of Idiocracy, IMO.

[EEGator]

Wrong branch.

[CAluvdubya]

The Marine saying is, “Hu-Ah”, spelled “HUA”, which is an acronym for “Heard, Understood, Acknowledged.”

Thank you! I was always a little confused as to what was actually being said.

[LS]

You mean, like Mozart and Shakespeare did?

[edpc]

You’re probably right, because I think the whole “c’mon man!” routine they do was borrowed from Ye Olde English.

[LS]

Silly. It’s been the stock in trade for all artists and writers for centuries. Early Americans adopted and incorpted slang-—not to mention Indian, Spanish, and French words-—all the time. Virtually all words ending in the English “re” we’re “slang-ized” into American “er”.

[CatherineofAragon]

"Don’t know why people have to go onto threads and tell people they aren’t interested."

If you ever figure this one out, or otherwise get an answer, please ping me to it...

[deweyfrank]

I thought he was racist and a bammy supporter. I remember hearing some of his commentary and it turning me off. After that, I would click him off every time he came on. Never the less, may he rest in peace.

[edpc]

Sure.....and Serrano’s work is right up there with other previous controversial masters.

[tflabo]

My father died of cancer too one year beyond Stuart’s age.
Sad to see this but oh well.
I enjoy seeing black folks who work hard and make a success of their lives. Puts the kabosh on the lie of ‘racist America’. Well done Stuart Scott.

[bigdaddy45]

It is sports. It is supposed to be fun. And entertaining. The King’s English is not necessary.