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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread scoosh or it may be skoosh #79067 08/27/2002 5:31 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1 seona stranger seona stranger Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1 ............would appreciate ANY help on the origin of this word, thanks - it's one I have known all my life (may be something to do with my Scottish mum? :-)..........but now find I am being challenged to find it in a dictionary AND what its meaning is...........'officially'..............hopefully - Seona Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scoosh or it may be skoosh #79068 08/27/2002 5:40 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Hi Seona, and welcome. It would probably help if we knew the 'unofficial' meaning. More to the point, *I would like to know what it means, and for that matter, how it should be pronounced. The dictionary readers will be by shortly and I have no doubt they will be able to furnish you with an answer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scoosh or it may be skoosh #79069 08/27/2002 9:57 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 *I would like to know what it means It'd be something like, "Skoosh a bug and you gits rain." I would spec it's just a dialect variant of squash, the verb, not the vegetable. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scoosh or it may be skoosh #79070 08/27/2002 11:37 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome to you, Seona; but I'm afraid I can't help you with the origin. I am looking at it in a dictionary, though, that was given me by my good friend jmh. skoosh, scoosh verb gush in spurts or splashes, squirt; dart or move quickly with a swishing sound. noun 1 a splash, spurt, jet (of liquid). 2 lemonade etc. adverb with a splash or swish. skoosher a device for sprinkling or spraying, a sprinkler. This is from the "Pocket Scots Dictionary", put out by the Scottish National Dictionary Association, isbn # 1-902930-02-9. (Note: having triple-checked, I feel safe in saying that I have been accurate in re-creating all punctuation.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scoosh or it may be skoosh #79071 08/28/2002 10:37 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England "Skoosh a bug and you gits rain." I would spec it's just a dialect variant of squash, the verb Ah yes - heard this on occasion from Scottish friends. Think it's slightly more like squish than squash tho' (says he, teaching grandma how to squish nits ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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