What does bullya mean?

Answer 1

I invented this phrase in the early 1970's while in the US Army. Unlike the Marine Corps "OohRah" or the US Army's "HOOAH" as a positive acknowledgement Bull Ya is an in your face phrase to indicate the overcoming or the overwhelming of an antagonist or protagonist. Specifically being short for "Bull You Over" or "to knock you over like a bull." I used it for the first time when I came in conflict over a go or no go test problem when training at Fort Belvoir Virginia. When it became overwhelmingly obvious I had discovered a flaw in their testing procedure I blurted out this phrase to an Officer which almost got me charged with an Article 89 for disrespectful language toward a Superior Officer. After asking for an explanation on what "Bull Ya" meant he let me slide knowing what it meant to me not "to bolo out" (to fail a test) after nine months training. I had never heard this phrase before and I used it several times there after. I do believed I did coin the phrase "Bull Ya." And no it's not from "bowl me or you over" which means "taken by surprise."