skibidy

• skibidi
• scibiddi, skebidi, skibiddi, skibiddy (all rare)

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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skibidy (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang, uncommon) Non-lexical vocable used in scat singing.
   • 1985 April 4, Pete Linehan, “Movie Clips”, in The GW Hatchet‎^[1], volume 81, number 45, page 12:

     Stranger Than Paradise ... I put a spell on you- ooww, mumbo jumbo skibidy-doo, heheh ha. At the Circle West End.

   • 1996 November 22, Jennifer D. Cohoon, “Funniest store names???”, in rec.humor‎^[2] (Usenet):

     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.

   • 2006 August 5, Eduardo, “Costello calls for Howard's Appeasement of Israel to end”, in aus.culture.true-blue‎^[3], Google Groups:

     If only they had some oil, instead all they have is Olive Oil arf arf arf arf skibidy dib dat

   • 2009 July 24, @chocolate76, Twitter‎^[4]:

     Finaly found a notebook. Skibidy bop bop bop skibidy whoooa

   • 2013 June 20, @chelydash36, Twitter‎^[5]:

     When some lady walks by and goes skibidy bibdy and I have to try not bursting out laughing in her face 😂😂😂😂😂

   • 2016 February 27, @RyanCampbell_97, Twitter‎^[6]:

     bee baba bo ba baba bee baba skibidy ba boo

   • 2019 November 3, @mK70812628, Twitter‎^[7]:

     Skibidy bop scoop scop ribbity bop bop

   • 2022 November 29, AntoineGrondin6, Twitter‎^[8]:

     Brrrrrr skibidy dop dop dop dop dop yes yes yes yes 🙌