Skadoosh!

[Benjamin Zimmer]

We talked about this word, from "Kung Fu Panda", a couple of weeks ago.
Here's a column I wrote for the Boston Globe about it, subbing for Jan
Freeman:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/06/29/skadoosh/

(I chose to spell it "skadoosh" instead of "skidoosh", since that's how it
appeared on a T-shirt designed by a crew member. But "skidoosh" might make
more historical sense based on the model of "skidoo". Tricky schwa.)


--Ben Zimmer

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