rubydazzler Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Does anyone recognise/use this word. My mum uses it all the time and I dropped it into a sentence the other day and shocked everyone because no-one had heard it. They're still laughing at me now! Yes and I think there's a thread on it somewhere! Up and down like a scopadiddle ... some sort of old tyme toy like a yoyo I think. I remember Fiona Foster (TV presenter) once using it years ago when she was reading some financial news on BBC TV saying the FTSE was "up and down like a scopadiddle" - it'd been replaced with the word yoyo at the next bulletin! She's from Sheffield too, so maybe it's a local word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultana Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 My Auntie used to have a cat called Scopadiddle! I always thought it meant mischievous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 If you do a search on the Forum and you will find a couple of threads about the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsb73 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hee Hee we use this word all the time in our family! My dad uses it all the time to describe his grandchildren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlestarshine Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 yup we say it too,,, but we say scoppididdle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flufftier Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hee hee! I'm glad I'm not the only one that uses this word! I think it's a great word. I used it the other day when we had the floods and our power kept going off I said 'I was up and down the ladder to the circuit breaker like a scopperdiddle!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 My grandmother who was Lancastrian and lived in Rhyl used the word a lot. It means 'rascal'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIVA Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Yeah, my uncle uses it a lot, he has lancastrian connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 My grandmother who was Lancastrian and lived in Rhyl used the word a lot. It means 'rascal'. So why would it be "up and down" - "up and down like a rascal"? Just doesn't seem to mean anything that, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Our elderly neighbour always refers to someone who's name she can't remember (or won't) as "Mrs. Jinocky"....it's standard usage in our house now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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