Scooby-Doo

Scooby Doo English +,+ (character) Alternative forms en Scooby Doo Etymology thumb|A cosplay of Scooby-Doo. Uncertain. Scooby doo appears as a vocable scatted in "The Boppenpoof Song" written in 1954, as the name of a band (The Scooby-Doo All-Stars) in 1956 and the title of a song by the Jerry Lieber Beat Band published by Zephyr Records in 1959 (both of which were signed to Zephyr Records), and lyrics in the song "Denise" by Randy & the Rainbows in 1963. It is likely that such uses were an influence on the creators of the cartoon but they may also have been partially influenced by Frank Sinatra's "doo-be-doo-be-doo" improvisation in "Strangers in the Night" released in 1966 a few years prior to the first episode of Scooby-Doo being shown (in 1969). Pronunciation en /ˌskuːbiˈduː/ en scoubidou Proper noun s 1 An American cartoon franchise, named for one of the main characters, a large dog, and featuring as protagonists four "meddling" teenagers who unravel seemingly supernatural mysteries. 2007, Jodi Picoult, "Reader's Companion" (Washington Square Press) to the author's Plain Truth (Simon and Schuster, 2000) p.414 I knew I had to be very careful when I was crafting the story, so that it wouldn't be a Scooby Doo moment—you know, the one where the villain rips off his mask and tells you why he did it—and that he would have gotten away with it, if not for those pesky kids! 2008, Simon Heptinstall, Devon (Crimson Publishing) page 137 A mile out of town, off the Combe Martin road, discover a real Scooby Doo experience at Chambercombe Manor. It's shrouded in ghost stories and has starred in TV shows about the paranormal. en 2010 J. Wachowski In Plain View Carina Press http://books.google.com/books?id=9IUPi3ozgzQC&lpg=PT314&dq=%22scooby-doo%22&pg=PT314#v=onepage&q=%22scooby-doo%22&f=false 314 It was a Scooby-Doo moment: everybody looks down, everybody looks up. Maddy looks surprised. Pat looks guilty. Oh, those meddlesome kids. en 2010 Buzzy Jackson Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist Simon and Schuster http://books.google.com/books?id=IAB3W0avqX4C&lpg=PA171&dq=%22scooby-doo%22&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q=%22scooby-doo%22&f=false 171 "I love the Scooby-Doo of it all." And it was fun, combing through old books and papers for recognizable names. The cartoon dog from that cartoon, noted for his trouble-causing lack of sense and almost understandable vocalization. en 2006 Sue Owens Wright How to Determine If Your Dog Is an Einstein—and What to Do If He's a Scooby Doo http://books.google.com/books?id=CB6xLa27xnkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&f=false en 2007 w:Judith Viorst Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days Simon and Schuster http://books.google.com/books?id=Sek9iFuQzLwC&lpg=PA28&dq=%22scooby-doos%22&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q=%22scooby-doos%22&f=false 28 And trying to sell him on carrots when he's yearning for Scooby-Doos poses a challenge similar to selling George W. Bush on tax increases. en 2008 Gabriella Herkert Doggone: An Animal Instinct Mystery Penguin http://books.google.com/books?id=fQ-vPFI9cREC&lpg=PA17&dq=%22scooby-doo%22&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q=%22scooby-doo%22&f=false 17 It was like she was talking to me. Not barking, not growling. More of a Scooby Doo sort of thing. en 2009 w:Douglas Coupland w:Generation A Simon and Schuster http://books.google.com/books?id=pCGQeC5yG5UC&lpg=PT76&dq=%22scooby%20doo%22&pg=PT76#v=onepage&q=%22scooby%20doo%22&f=false 76 Zack chose to work with “Ronald Reagan,” which is very Zack; at one point I think he almost convinced Ronald to speak in a Scooby-Doo accent. Derived terms en Scooby en scooby en Scooby snack en Scooby gang Translations the fictional dog Arabic: ar سكوبي دو Bengali: bn স্কূবী ডূ Georgian: ka სკუბი დუ Gujarati: gu સ્કૂબી ડૂ m Hebrew: he סקובי דו m skubi du Hindi: hi स्कूबी डू Japanese: ja スクービー・ドゥー Sukūbī-Dū, ja クルッパー kuruppā only used in the Japanese dub of the original 1969 TV show Javanese: jv ꦱ꧀ꦏꦹꦧꦷ ꦣꦹ Kannada: kn ಸ್ಕೂಬೀ ಡೂ Korean: ko 스쿠비 두 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb سكوبى دوو Marathi: mr स्कूबी-डू m Polish: pl Scooby Doo m Portuguese: pt Scooby-Doo m Russian: ru Ску́би-Ду m Sinhalese: si ස්කූබී ඩූ Swedish: sv Scooby-Doo Telugu: te స్కూబీ దూ Urdu: ur سکوبی ڈو m skūbī ḍū Welsh: cy Scwbi-Dŵ m See also en ruh-roh Noun 1 en rhyming slang A Subaru automobile. en 2012 Jeremy Clarkson Round the Bend For the journey home, you'd take the Scooby-Doo. Now, though, everything has changed. The new Subaru is about as much fun as a church service. And it doesn't look good in photographs because, like me, it doesn't look good at all. en rhyming slang A clue. en 2016 Chris Graham Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia London Sphere Books Sphere 9780751565416 1 https://archive.org/details/fiveminutesofama0000grah/page/n17/mode/2up?q=Scooby-Doo It was past ten o'clock at night and I hadn’t a Scooby-Doo where I was. After a tough twelve-hour day in the saddle, cycling more than 130 miles through rain, wind and sleet, I was tired, soaked through and miserable. en rhyming slang mostly in the plural A shoe. en rhyming slang A screw (a prison warder) en https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Prison_Patter/W6p_96YlCIgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Angela+Devlin+Prison+Patter&printsec=frontcover Prison Patter Angela Devlin Waterside Press 1872870414 1996 There are some 32 different terms for prison officers, from the humorously affectionate kanga (rhyming slang:kangaroo = screw) and the variants Scooby-Doo and Dr. Who via the mildly confrontational German (as if still the enemy over 50 years after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel. References en American fiction Dogs Fiction Fictional characters