Timeline for Is there a good substitute for the word "scarper" in American English?
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| Feb 15, 2011 at 15:23 | comment | added | Claudiu | i dnno about absquatulate... to me it's a facetious made-up-word to sound like fake-latin. it's kind of being overly mellifluous for no reason. compare: 'scarper, it's the filth!' intending a sense of hurrying and such, to 'by golly lads, it's the police! let us absquatulate before they chance upon us!' | |
| Jan 23, 2011 at 9:19 | comment | added | Brian Hooper | @Jasie, yes, really. See here... dictionary.reference.com/browse/Absquatulate | |
| Jan 23, 2011 at 9:14 | comment | added | rxmnnxfpvg | Absquatulate? Really? | |
| Jan 23, 2011 at 8:18 | comment | added | ukayer | +1 for the word absquatulate, but I would have got at least as many blank stares. Skedaddle seems too twee. | |
| Jan 23, 2011 at 8:14 | history | answered | Brian Hooper | CC BY-SA 2.5 |