Talk:skedaddle

I always thought it was a word coming from "Let's get out of here" > "Let's getouta here" > "Let's skedaddle" or from the word 'skatter'.
 * Me too! This is what I came here to check! Seems far more likely than the others! "Let's get out of here" > "Let's get outta here" > " 's get outta here" > " 's ked ad dle" (the "here" is swallowed when the word is said in haste ....) 128.54.254.180 18:58, 21 November 2011 (UTC)


 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/2waevx/i_just_realized_skidaddle_comes_from_saying_lets/ 65.95.194.171 15:11, 9 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Ditto, I just came here with the same realization, and thought "that etymology seems wrong." BryanKaplan (talk) 21:55, 13 August 2023 (UTC)