skidoosh

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:06 AM -0700 6/11/08, Mark Peters wrote:
>I've wondered about squadoosh... I've only heard it on PTI too.
>Could it be related to squat too? What a great word.

My speculation was that it was a form of a regional Italian variant
(from one of the regions where the final vowels are dropped), but I
have no idea whether that's the case.

LH

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>--- On Wed, 6/11/08, Marc Velasco <marcjvelasco at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>From: Marc Velasco <marcjvelasco at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: skidoosh
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>Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 12:33 AM
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>also related to 'squadoosh' (as heard on ESPN's PTI).  squadoosh
>means
>something like zero.
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>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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>>  JL
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