noun
General Slang
scooby
· noun · scottish
A clue — almost always used in the negative ('I havnae got a scooby').
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A clue. Cockney rhyming slang ('Scooby Doo' = clue) that got adopted wholesale by Scotland and is now far more associated with Glasgow than London. Almost exclusively used in the negative — you don't 'have a scooby', you 'havnae got a scooby'.
“Don't ask me where she's gone, I havnae got a scooby.”
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scooby In A Sentence
Don't ask me where she's gone, I havnae got a scooby.
Origin & Usage
Cockney rhyming slang: Scooby Doo = clue, from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon (1969 onward). Adopted into wider British and especially Scottish use from the 1980s.
Variants
scooby doo
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What does scooby mean?
A scooby is a clue, almost always used in the negative, as in "I havnae got a scooby."
How do you use scooby in a sentence?
"Where's the party? I havnae got a scooby."
Where does scooby come from?
It comes from Cockney rhyming slang, where "Scooby Doo" rhymes with "clue."
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