Skedaddle has been the leader in wildlife control since 1989, and has pioneered many humane and hands-on removal and exclusion techniques for a wide variety of urban wildlife – raccoons, squirrels, rats, big game and wildlife. The service focus is on the humane removal of the intruders. Skedaddle’s service is unique as the company doesn’t kill or harm wildlife, or use live traps to capture and relocate animals. The Okanagan Valley has a new humane service company that protects you against nuisance rodents and wildlife.Ĭo-owners Greg Hopf and Darryl Sangster have opened a new Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control franchise in Kelowna, servicing the entire region from Enderby to Osoyoos. Personal condolences to Mary and the entire Cacchioni family. I have many fond memories of Rolli, especially at the Brotherhood and Sisterhood event that he MC’d each year. After his flashback memory of having told everyone in the bar top secret information and retrieving his notes, he says to the gang, “We need to skedaddle” as he’s frightened of the consequences of his previous night’s actions.This week’s column is dedicated to long-time, well-known educator and school trustee Rolli Cacchioni. The Big Bang Theory, season 10, episode 20, sees Sheldon, the nerdy star of the show, in a country western bar with his buddies tracking down his lost U.S. Soon after, it crossed the Atlantic and was printed in the Illustrated London News in 1862 when it was put in the mouth of a young lady character by Anthony Trollope in his novel The Last Chronicle of Barset in 1867: “Mamma, Major Grantly has… skedaddled.” “No sooner did the traitors discover their approach than they skiddaddled.” (Notice the vowel change in this spelling.) It quickly moved into civilian circles with the broader sense of leaving in a hurry. Its first appearance in print was in the New York Tribune August, 10 1861. It was likely military slang with the meaning of fleeing the battlefield or retreating hurriedly. Early examples were used when describing accounts of the war. The word skedaddle suddenly appeared fashionable in American newspapers and books around the beginning of the Civil War. Neal, Miami Herald, “Kids wanted to steal a Domino’s Pizza guy’s car. 2017.Īfter the car rolled backwards into the street, the two guys inside the car skedaddled.
Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, “You Could Live Here Alone Forever,” 11 Jan. Ron’s wife, Jan, wanted to pack up and be ready to skedaddle. Origin and etymology – Probably an alteration of British dialect scaddle (to run off in a fright), from the adjective scaddle (wild, timid, skittish), from Middle English scathel, skadylle (harmful, fierce, wild), perhaps of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse *sköþull or from Old English *scaþol, *sceaþol akin to Old Norse skaði (harm) possibly related to the Greek σκέδασις (skédasis, scattering), σκεδασμός (skedasmós, dispersion)Įxamples of skedaddle used in a sentence: Depart quickly or hurriedly run away scram 2. 3rd person present: skedaddles past tense: skedaddled past participle: skedaddled present participle: skedaddling. What is the etymology and correct use of this word?” She would use the word “skedaddle.” Like smithereens it seems this word isn’t in use like it was so many years ago. “I loved your WOTM column on smithereens! It threw me back to my youth and reminded me of what my mother used to say when she thought I wasn’t getting ready quickly enough. Reader Kim Park read about “smithereens” in a previous column and had this comment and suggestion for this month’s issue.
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