skibidy

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interjection

Non-lexical vocable used in scat singing.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

interjectionskibidy (uncountable)

alternative skibidi · alternative scibiddi · alternative skebidi · alternative skibiddi · alternative skibiddy

  1. InternetuncommonuncountableNon-lexical vocable used in scat singing.

    bee baba bo ba baba bee baba skibidy ba boo

    2016 February 27, @RyanCampbell_97, Twitter
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    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)

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

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

    Finaly found a notebook. Skibidy bop bop bop skibidy whoooa

    2009 July 24, @chocolate76, Twitter

    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

Origin

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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APA

skibidy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skibidy

MLA

“skibidy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skibidy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skibidy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skibidy.

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