Though some still use the phrase as a joke, an increasing number of people employ it with serious intent. But its most recent, and most serious, iteration caught on and spread very quickly. These jokes included “Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo” references, made every so often by gamers and history buffs, among others.
Almost from the moment of the movie’s release, people exploited the format of the movie’s title for humorous purposes, replacing “Breakin’” with some other film, event or person of their choice. “Boogaloo” has its roots in decades of jokes about an old movie: the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.
