See skibidy on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Perhaps originally popularised by the 1994 song \"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)\" by American musician Scatman John, although the original lyric was transcribed differently: \"Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub\". Which in turn was preceded by, and perhaps influenced by, skippity in doo-wop, as in The Five Satin's \"Skippity Doo\" (1959), and others such as Disney show tune Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1946).",
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"ref": "1996 November 22, Jennifer D. Cohoon, “Funniest store names???”, in rec.humor (Usenet):",
"text": "I thought scat was a form of song, that improvised skibidy bop soo bob stuff. I could be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time.",
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{
"ref": "2006 August 5, Eduardo, “Costello calls for Howard's Appeasement of Israel to end”, in aus.culture.true-blue, Google Groups:",
"text": "If only they had some oil, instead all they have is Olive Oil arf arf arf arf skibidy dib dat",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009 July 24, @chocolate76, Twitter:",
"text": "Finaly found a notebook. Skibidy bop bop bop skibidy whoooa",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 20, @chelydash36, Twitter:",
"text": "When some lady walks by and goes skibidy bibdy and I have to try not bursting out laughing in her face 😂😂😂😂😂",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016 February 27, @RyanCampbell_97, Twitter:",
"text": "bee baba bo ba baba bee baba skibidy ba boo",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019 November 3, @mK70812628, Twitter:",
"text": "Skibidy bop scoop scop ribbity bop bop",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 29, AntoineGrondin6, Twitter:",
"text": "Brrrrrr skibidy dop dop dop dop dop yes yes yes yes 🙌",
"type": "quote"
}
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"Non-lexical vocable used in scat singing."
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"(Internet slang, uncommon) Non-lexical vocable used in scat singing."
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"word": "skibidi"
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{
"word": "scibiddi"
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{
"word": "skibiddi"
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"word": "skibiddy"
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"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)",
"Scatman John",
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
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"etymology_text": "Perhaps originally popularised by the 1994 song \"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)\" by American musician Scatman John, although the original lyric was transcribed differently: \"Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub\". Which in turn was preceded by, and perhaps influenced by, skippity in doo-wop, as in The Five Satin's \"Skippity Doo\" (1959), and others such as Disney show tune Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1946).",
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"ref": "1996 November 22, Jennifer D. Cohoon, “Funniest store names???”, in rec.humor (Usenet):",
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"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006 August 5, Eduardo, “Costello calls for Howard's Appeasement of Israel to end”, in aus.culture.true-blue, Google Groups:",
"text": "If only they had some oil, instead all they have is Olive Oil arf arf arf arf skibidy dib dat",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009 July 24, @chocolate76, Twitter:",
"text": "Finaly found a notebook. Skibidy bop bop bop skibidy whoooa",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 20, @chelydash36, Twitter:",
"text": "When some lady walks by and goes skibidy bibdy and I have to try not bursting out laughing in her face 😂😂😂😂😂",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016 February 27, @RyanCampbell_97, Twitter:",
"text": "bee baba bo ba baba bee baba skibidy ba boo",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019 November 3, @mK70812628, Twitter:",
"text": "Skibidy bop scoop scop ribbity bop bop",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 29, AntoineGrondin6, Twitter:",
"text": "Brrrrrr skibidy dop dop dop dop dop yes yes yes yes 🙌",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"word": "skibidi"
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{
"word": "scibiddi"
},
{
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{
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