{"id":17035,"date":"2015-07-16T01:05:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T00:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=17035"},"modified":"2024-03-29T00:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T00:34:07","slug":"23-skidoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2015\/07\/16\/23-skidoo\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Skidoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

1: A slang phrase<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Postcard via<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

From the Oxford English Dictionary<\/em>:<\/p>\n

skidoo<\/strong>, v<\/em>. N. Amer. slang<\/em>. (ski’du:) Also skiddoo<\/strong>. [Orig. uncertain, perh. f. skedaddle v<\/em>.]<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> In catch-phrases. a.<\/strong> Used as an exclamation of disrespect (for a person). Esp. in nonsense association with twenty-three<\/em>. (temporary<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

1906<\/strong> J. F. Kelly Man with Grip<\/em> (ed. 2) 99 As for Belmont and Ryan and the rest of that bunch, Skidoo for that crowd when we pass. Ibid<\/em>. 118 \u2018I can see a reason for \u2018skidoo\u2019,\u2019 said one, \u2018and for \u201823\u2019 also. Skidoo from skids and \u201823\u2019 from 23rd Street that has ferries and depots for 80 per cent. of the railroads leaving New York.\u2019 1911<\/strong> Maclean’s Mag<\/em>. Oct. 348\/1 Surrounded by this conglomerate procession as I went on my way, the urchins would yell \u2018Skidoo,\u2019 \u201823 for you!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

b.<\/strong> spec. as twenty-three skidoo<\/strong><\/em>: formerly, an exclamation of uncertain meaning; later used imp<\/em>., go away, \u2018scram\u2019.<\/p>\n

1926<\/strong> C. T. Ryan in Amer. Speech<\/em> II. 92\/1, I really do not recall which appeared first in my vocabulary, the use of \u2018some\u2019 for emphasis or that effective but horrible \u201823-Skiddoo\u2019\u2014perhaps they were simultaneous. 1929<\/strong> Amer. Speech<\/em> IV. 430 Among the terms which the daily press credits Mr. Dorgan with inventing are:…twenty-three skiddoo (go away). 1957<\/strong> W. Faulkner Town<\/em> iii. 56 Almost any time now Father would walk in rubbing his hands and saying \u2018oh you kid\u2019 or \u2018twenty-three skidoo\u2019. 1978<\/strong> D. Bagley Flyaway<\/em> xi. 80 This elderly, profane woman…used an antique American slang… I expected her to come out with \u2018twenty-three, skidoo\u2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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2: An esoteric poem by Aleister Crowley<\/strong><\/p>\n

[23]<\/strong><\/p>\n

SKIDOO<\/strong><\/p>\n

What man is at ease in his Inn?
\nGet out.
\nWide is the world and cold.
\nGet out.
\nThou hast become an in-itiate.
\nGet out.
\nBut thou canst not get out by the way thou camest in. The Way out is THE WAY.
\nGet out.
\nFor OUT is Love and Wisdom and Power.
\nGet OUT.
\nIf thou hast T already, first get UT.
\nThen get O.
\nAnd so at last get OUT.<\/p>\n

From The Book of Lies<\/a> (1912\/13)<\/em><\/p>\n

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3: A film by Julian Biggs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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23 Skidoo<\/a> (1964).<\/em><\/p>\n

If you erase the people of downtown America, the effect is bizarre, not to say disturbing. That is what this film does. It shows the familiar urban scene without a soul in sight: streets empty, buildings empty, yet everywhere there is evidence of recent life and activity. At the end of the film we learn what has happened.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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4: 23 Skidoo Eristic Elite by William Burroughs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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International Times, issue 18, Aug 31\u2013Sept 13, 1967<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

From Burroughs proceed to Illuminatus!<\/em><\/a> (1975) by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, and many subsequent derivations.<\/p>\n

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5: A one-off comic strip by Rick Griffin and Rory Hayes <\/strong><\/p>\n

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From Bogeyman Comics<\/a> #2 (1969).<\/em><\/p>\n

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6: A music group<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Just Like Everybody (1987). Design by Neville Brody.<\/em><\/p>\n

Website<\/a> | Discography<\/a><\/p>\n

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7: A poetry collection by Eckhard Gerdes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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23 Skidoo! 23 Form-Fitting Poems<\/em><\/a> (2013) by Eckhard Gerdes.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Seven Songs by 23 Skidoo<\/a>
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\n\u2022 Neville Brody and Fetish Records<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1: A slang phrase Postcard via. From the Oxford English Dictionary: skidoo, v. N. Amer. slang. (ski’du:) Also skiddoo. [Orig. uncertain, perh. f. skedaddle v.] 2. In catch-phrases. a. Used as an exclamation of disrespect (for a person). Esp. in nonsense association with twenty-three. (temporary.) 1906 J. F. Kelly Man with Grip (ed. 2) 99 … Continue reading “23 Skidoo”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42,28,9,7,3,16],"tags":[5255,391,7485,7483,4917,3146,149,3839,89,5751,7484,1190],"class_list":["post-17035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-burroughs","category-comics","category-film","category-music","category-occult","tag-23-skidoo","tag-aleister-crowley","tag-eckhard-gerdes","tag-illuminatus","tag-international-times","tag-julian-biggs","tag-neville-brody","tag-rick-griffin","tag-robert-anton-wilson","tag-robert-shea","tag-rory-hayes","tag-william-burroughs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pq7rV-4qL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}