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skibidy

skibidy interjection: non-lexical vocable used in scat singing.

Interjection

skibidy (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, uncommon) Non-lexical vocable used in scat singing.
    • Stranger Than Paradise ... I put a spell on you- ooww, mumbo jumbo skibidy-doo, heheh ha. At the Circle West End.1985 April 4, Pete Linehan, “Movie Clips”, in The GW Hatchet, volume 81, number 45, page 12
    • 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.1996 November 22, Jennifer D. Cohoon, “Funniest store names???”, in rec.humor (Usenet)

Examples of skibidy in a sentence

  • If only they had some oil, instead all they have is Olive Oil arf arf arf arf skibidy dib dat2006 August 5, Eduardo, “Costello calls for Howard's Appeasement of Israel to end”, in aus.culture.true-blue, Google Groups:
  • When some lady walks by and goes skibidy bibdy and I have to try not bursting out laughing in her face 😂😂😂😂😂2013 June 20, @chelydash36, Twitter:
  • bee baba bo ba baba bee baba skibidy ba boo2016 February 27, @RyanCampbell_97, Twitter:
  • Brrrrrr skibidy dop dop dop dop dop yes yes yes yes 🙌2022 November 29, AntoineGrondin6, Twitter:

Forms of skibidy

alternative formskibidi
alternative formscibiddi
alternative formskebidi
alternative formskibiddi
alternative formskibiddy

Origin of skibidy

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).

Words formed from skibidy

Questions about skibidy

What does skibidy mean?
Skibidy means non-lexical vocable used in scat singing.
How do you use skibidy in a sentence?
If only they had some oil, instead all they have is Olive Oil arf arf arf arf skibidy dib dat
What part of speech is skibidy?
Skibidy is an interjection.

Words near skibidy in the dictionary

  1. skibidi
  2. skibidi Ohio rizz
  3. skibidied
  4. skibiding
  5. skibidis
  6. skibidy
  7. skibike
  8. skibikes
  9. Skibinski
  10. Skibinskis
  11. skiblade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skibidy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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