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a party so big it earned its own word, then made scouts march to it
means A large, lively gathering or celebration, often noisy and festive, sometimes used specifically for a big rally of Scouts.
from An American coinage from the 1860s, but its parentage is murky — likely a playful mash-up, perhaps echoing 'jabber' or 'jolly' with the 'ree' tail of words like 'shivaree.' Some have tried to link it to Swahili or Hindi roots, but those are guesses, not evidence; the honest answer is that it was probably invented for its rollicking sound. The Scouting sense came later, when Robert Baden-Powell adopted the word for the first international Scout gathering in 1920, fixing it forever to lines of marching boys.
- origin murky
- Coined 1860s America, nobody agrees how
- scout scale
- World jamboree gathers 40,000-plus from 150 countries
- frog connection
- Possibly mashed from jabber and shivaree serenade
- political cousin
- Once meant a rowdy noisy political rally
world scout jamboree — biennial gathering of scouts from 170+ countries, next held in south korea 2023
national scout jamboree — annual usa boy scouts event at summit bechtel reserve, west virginia since 1937
jamboree in the hills — indian scout gathering in dehradun held since 1961