"Here he come, boogity boogity boogity"! Popularized in the 1970s by a song called ". The sound that strikes fear in the heart of your dad...or is supposed to. Used a lot in southern anecdotes it has been adopted as a trademark of good ol boy Darrell Waltrip. So here, we present the unabridged origin story of “Boogity, boogity, boogity,” as told by its inventor: “It was (former FOX Sports chairman) David Hill that kind of motivated me to do that. 1) The infamous phrase--derived from the sounds made by horses galloping--that starts races and sells t-shirts. Usually with three boogities, a term used by. Translates into: "Hang on! That means NASCAR fans won’t get to hear Waltrip’s catchphrase at the beginning of every race: “Boogity, boogity, boogity — let’s go racing, drivers!” Wondering where he came up with that … boogity boogity boogity. Occurs in Ralph Waldo Ellison's … Also used by southern humorist, song writer Ray Stevens, in " The Streak ". boogity boogity An onomatopoetic expression of running or other hurried activity, characteristic of traditional African and African American narration. An onomatopoetic expression of running or other hurried activity, characteristic of traditional African and African American narration. As a discriptor on how fast someone, or something, is moving. Occurs in Ralph Waldo Ellison's "Invisible Man;" metrically identical with "imbili imbili," the formula used for the same purposes by African.