Skadoosh!

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Benjamin Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> 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.)

And here's some followup schwa talk:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=288


--Ben Zimmer

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