skidoosh

[Mark Peters]

I've wondered about squadoosh... I've only heard it on PTI too. Could it be related to squat too? What a great word.

--- On Wed, 6/11/08, Marc Velasco <marcjvelasco at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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also related to 'squadoosh' (as heard on ESPN's PTI).  squadoosh
means
something like zero.

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com>
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> _Kung Fu Panda_ has injected this novel interjection into the brains of
> America's children. It means something like, "I will now turn you
into some
> kind of harmless vapor through the use of kung fu."
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>  "Skiddoo" used to be used in a (very) vaguely similar manner.
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