Unusual words

[Fan of Big Tone]

Mrs. H. was tripping over the cat in the kitchen and she told him to "skedaddle", what a strange word when you think about it, I wonder how it originated?

 

Anymore strange words you've come across.

 

[Canadian]

Me Duck

[GrannyPie]

I've not heard that for ages.I bet some younger members haven't heard it at all.

[super_ram]

Kibosh.

[liampie]

my grandfather used to tell me to skedaddle when i was younger, esp if i had done something slightly naughty. lol

never really thought about it before tho.

[super_ram]

What about moniker,as in 'put yer moniker on this'-sign this please.

[PTID1862]

Discomknockerated

[Fan of Big Tone]

Kibosh.

 

 

That one reminded me of mockers as in "that's put the mockers on it"

[super_ram]

That one reminded me of mockers as in "that's put the mockers on it"

My dad used to say that a lot.

[Chris]

There’s also the fact that the word in question is actually spelled “skedaddle,” and its spelling has been fairly constant since it came into use during the American Civil War.  “Skedaddle” first appeared in written accounts of battles in that war, used to mean “to retreat quickly; to flee” (“As soon as the rebs saw our red breeches … coming through the woods they skedaddled,” 1862).  In military use there were definite overtones of cowardice under fire in “skedaddle,” but as the word quickly percolated into civilian usage, it came to mean simply “to leave quickly” or “to run away.”
 

There are a number of theories about the origin of “skedaddle,” but no definite answer to the puzzle.  The relatively sudden appearance of “skedaddle” as a fully-formed word, with no known ancestors in English, tends to argue for its importation from another language. There are theories that attempt to trace “skedaddle” to various Swedish or Danish words but fail on lack of evidence.  It is more probable that “skedaddle” is rooted in the Irish word “sgedadol,” meaning “scattered,” or the Scots word “”skiddle,” meaning “to spill or scatter.”  Given the Scots-Irish heritage of many of the states central to the Civil War, these both seem like reasonable bets to me.

http://www.word-detective.com/2009/06/skedaddle/

It's sounds very American to me.

[Fan of Big Tone]

There’s also the fact that the word in question is actually spelled “skedaddle,†and its spelling has been fairly constant since it came into use during the American Civil War. “Skedaddle†first appeared in written accounts of battles in that war, used to mean “to retreat quickly; to flee†(“As soon as the rebs saw our red breeches … coming through the woods they skedaddled,†1862). In military use there were definite overtones of cowardice under fire in “skedaddle,†but as the word quickly percolated into civilian usage, it came to mean simply “to leave quickly†or “to run away.â€

There are a number of theories about the origin of “skedaddle,†but no definite answer to the puzzle. The relatively sudden appearance of “skedaddle†as a fully-formed word, with no known ancestors in English, tends to argue for its importation from another language. There are theories that attempt to trace “skedaddle†to various Swedish or Danish words but fail on lack of evidence. It is more probable that “skedaddle†is rooted in the Irish word “sgedadol,†meaning “scattered,†or the Scots word “â€skiddle,†meaning “to spill or scatter.†Given the Scots-Irish heritage of many of the states central to the Civil War, these both seem like reasonable bets to me.

http://www.word-detective.com/2009/06/skedaddle/

It's sounds very American to me.

That makes interesting reading, it's fascinating where these words originate. Thanks @notts-joe.

When I was a 16 year old apprentice in the printing industry one of my duties was to take a tea pot around and fill up the mugs of the journeymen, one old chap had served in Burma during the war and he used to call me the "cha waller" which means tea boy in Burma.

[cheeky~k8]

I've heard of most of those that you have all said, but generally heard from my parents and grandparents when i was younger.

[Captain Sticky]

Discombobulated

Regards Al

You Pies!

[Northants Pie]

balderdash

[PTID1862]

tattifelarius

[PTID1862]

Fizzog

[Northants Pie]

Notts County Compete

Notts County Win

Notts County Don't Get Hammered Every Game

Colin Slater & Dean Yates aren't wishing they were clothes shopping to save themselves watching anymore harrowing football

 

Those are my unusual words when in a sentence

[GrannyPie]

Codswallop.

[Fan of Big Tone]

Codswallop.

 

 

That's a good one @GrannyPie, I have looked up the probably origin and you can read it here http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/codswallop.html

[GrannyPie]

Thanks for that @tonyhateley.

Here's another one-heebie-jeebies

[GrannyPie]

Palaver.

[AmericanPie]

Spaghetti?

[super_ram]

Came across this in a crossword-axolotl.Apparently it's a Mexican Salamander.

[PTID1862]

stability

[super_ram]

Panic