Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skibidy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
skibidy
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Non-lexical vocable used in scat singing.

Uncountable

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Etymology

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 Satins' "Skippity Doo" (1959), and others such as Disney show tune Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1946).

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Questions

What does skibidy mean?
Non-lexical vocable used in scat singing.
Where does skibidy come from?
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 Satins' "Skippity Doo" (1959), and others such as Disney show tune Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1946).

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