SKULDUGGERY! Where does it come from? Is it anything to do with pirates?
What words are you interested in knowing the origins of?
― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 18:02 (twenty-three years ago)
Nobody knows, but probably an alteration of Scottish "sculduddery" meaning
obscenity,
fornication.
― Guerillas On The Piss, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)
ah, come on, I don't ask for much :(
― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)
I believe it means "skull fucking"
4 entries found for skulduggery.
skull·dug·ger·y or skul·dug·ger·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (skl-dg-r)
n. pl. skull·dug·ger·ies
Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it.
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[Probably alteration of Scots sculduddery, obscenity, fornication.]
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skul·dug·ger·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (skl-dg-r)
n.
Variant of skullduggery.
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skulduggery
skulduggery was Word of the Day on July 28, 2001.
Source: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
skulduggery
n : verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way [syn: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skullduggery]
― Scaredy Cat, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 18:40 (twenty-three years ago)