See na-na na-na boo-boo on Wiktionary
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"text": "[Translator's note by David R. Slavitt] ...here is to make clear that this is a display of Schadenfreude, an elegant cocking of the snooks, a protracted \"Na-na, na-na, boo-boo,\" a symphonic Bronx cheer!",
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