"Scully" meaning in English

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          "text": "When she complains in another episode that Giles is refusing for once to consider a supernatural explanation, she says, \"I can't believe that you of all people would Scully me,\"",
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          "ref": "2015, Denny Waxman, The Complete Macrobiotic Diet, →ISBN:",
          "text": "She Scullied me and I'm sure the word “macrobiotics” never made it into my medical file; it's an unexplained disappearance of cancer.",
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          "text": "If you feel strongly about Scullying this situation and avoiding anyone who believes in made-up sky magic, that’s your prerogative, but you should know that you’re preemptively x’ing out a LOT of the queer population you might otherwise click with!",
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        "(slang, transitive) To be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom."
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