"cigarette bat" referred to as "schoocher"?

[Sarah Lang]

As I said, that was the pronunciation. I could IPA it, I guess (not
my strongest skill set): skuːtʃə

(So skooch as in rhymes with hooch and then er.)

The context was Edmonton, AB--native speakers who have spent very,
very little time outside Edmonton. All in their mid-20s. White.
Casual setting, there were four of us. I don't remember if it was a
question or a comment, but it was an understood term (ie someone may
have said: "Do you have your schoocher?" or "Nice schoocher," either
way it was understood without pause.)

I, OTOH had *no* idea what they were talking about, asked, found out,
wrote it on my hand. Google'd, urbandictionary'd, went through drug
slang resources, nothing . . . .

S.

On Jun 6, 2007, at 9:24 PM, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

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>> So then that's a general group no on the term "schoocher"?
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> Better wait just a bit longer, maybe.
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> Do we know why it's spelled "schoocher"? What is its pronunciation,
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> know? Who used the term and in what context?
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