A penetrating sandstorm or dust storm with violent winds, occurring chiefly in Arabia, North Africa, and India.

In a sentence:
When the storm hit, and all the natives yelled “haboob, haboob!” to warn the foreigners, the latter ignored this “local gibberish” and were soon washed into the sea.

In a different sentence:
Habeeb was often teased by his peers, who called him “sand face” or “dust man” because his name sounded similar to “haboob.”

Another terrible joke:
What do you call someone stuck in an unexpected haboob?
The victim of a habooby trap.

Fact:
Haboobs sometimes pick up moisture over the Mediterranean and end up as sciroccos, humid winds that affect southern Italy and islands in the area.