“How do you say goodbye in Arabic?”/“BOOM!”

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Entry from July 01, 2016

“How do you say goodbye in Arabic?”/“BOOM!”

“How do you say goodbye in Arabic?” is the start of a joke about Islamic terrorism. “How do you say goodbye in Arabic?....Press the detonator” was cited on Twitter on April 23, 2013. “How do you say Goodbye in arabic? Allahu Ackbar” was cited on Twitter on May 5, 2015.

“How do you say goodbye in Arabic? BOOM!” was posted on Reddit on July 1, 2016.

Twitter
Gerry Curran
‏@gcurran1
How do you say goodbye in Arabic?....
Press the detonator
3:04 PM - 23 Apr 2013

Twitter
Osama bin Laden™
‏@OsamaBinYOLO
How do you say goodbye in Arabic? #TerroristJokes
6:26 PM - 18 Jul 2013

reddit
How do you say goodbye in arabic (self.MeanJokes)
submitted March 4, 2015 by Dagunnyone
Press the detonator

Twitter
Abderrahim Baichit
‏@ABaichit
@Sp4zie How do you say Goodbye in arabic?
Allahu Ackbar
11:17 AM - 5 May 2015

reddit
How do you say goodbye in Arabic?
submitted July 1, 2016 by ellzellie
“BOOM!”

Twitter
ShaniceMonica
‏@monica_shanice
How do you say goodbye in Arabic? “BOOM!” #hahaha
9:24 PM - 1 Jul 2016

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