cheerleading chant, originally (1867) an echoic phrase imitating the sound of a skyrocket flight (sis), the burst of the fireworks (boom), and the reaction of the crowd ((b)ah).
sirocco
sirrah
-sis
sis
sisal
sis-boom-bah
sissify
sissy
sist
sister
sisterhood
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