"Schivi"

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:56 AM -0400 5/11/00, Frank Abate wrote:
>My teenage kids use "skeevy" in the 'gross' or 'questionable' sense, esp.
>my 18-year old Connecticut-raised daughter.  It is not at all part of the
>slang of my (I'm 49) Ohio/Michigan-raised generation.
>
>Frank Abate
>
>
Quick survey of my Connecticut household reveals skeevy familiarity only
for 15-  year-old daughter.  18-year-old son and two adults totally
unfamiliar with it.  (Well, before today I was, anyway.)

L