Jamboree starts with jambo, and so might look related, but there is not much evidence for a Swahili connection here – it arose mysteriously in American slang in the 1860s.
In the days running up to the launch of the annual jamboree in New York City, America's most populous and economically powerful state seized the initiative by hurling two thunderbolts at carbon-intensive businesses.
Yeah, yeah, we started talking after she, you know, did her thing, and it turns out she's got a boy about Ben's age, so we're going to take the kids to a jamboree class.
You notice, don't you, that Mr. Chalif didn't begin by talking about the Boy Scouts, or the jamboree in Europe, or what it was he wanted? He talked in terms of what interested the other man. Here's the result