Whoops, my turn to butt in -- syabas is a Malay word but I believe it comes from Hindi or at least another South Asian equivalent, because that word gets used a lot in Hindi films, to the point where a Malaysian pop culture joke uses the line, "Syabas, beti, syabas" in the tone of the Hindi film villain wryly/sarcastically congratulating the heroine of the film. For example, I could do something stupid, and horusporus would clap and say: "Syabas, beti, syabas."

Just to clarify: I'm not saying that layne67 is using the word that way. ^^;; That's just an anecdote of another usage I thought you might be interested in.