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By Janine

“Scooch”: It is a Word I Swear!!

Filed Under: Crazyiness, Married Life Tagged With: Dictionary, Slang, Words

“You are a scooch!”, I exclaimed teasingly to Kevin.

“What am I?,” Kevin answered back.

“You heard me.  You are a scooch!”, I repeated.

“No I heard you, but that isn’t even a word,” he retorted a bit confused.

“It is too and I have heard it a million times over the years,” I said so sure of myself.

This conversation took place sometime back in mid 2003, when we were first dating.  Kevin was teasing me about something (for the life of me I don’t even remember what, because he does this a lot, so I lost track a long time ago all the times), but do remember how clearly he had never heard this word and was sure I made it up. So sure that, he was willing to defend that notion.

Funny thing is that I had heard that word a million times growing up and never thought twice about it. 

The word itself is supposed to mean quietly simply “a pain in the good old fashioned ass!”  But it is less crude or vulgar to say and trust me growing up, I was a real scooch to my parents.  My mom was also a stay at home mom and I think I truly gave her a run for her money right from the get go in this department.  I was a colicky baby, a whiny child and rebellious teenager putting it mildly.  So, I was called this on many occasion over the years.  Probably too many and I lost count long ago.

So on that fateful day, when I was indeed teasing Kevin, I never thought twice if the word was real or made up.  It had to be real, because plain as the nose on my face my mother said it all the time.  My mother wouldn’t lie to me, would she? 

I will say this, I googled it and found it online. It would seem that “scooch” is short for the Italian word “Scocciatore”, which means “pain in the neck” or even quite possibly “scocciare”, which also means “to bother/to bug”. So, I was not making it up, but because I am of Italian heritage and Kevin is 100% Irish, it stands to reason that he never heard this word before me. So, leave it to me to bring a bit of colorful language into his life. He can never say life with me is dull, I suppose.

Well, ten years later, Kevin has heard this word countless times from me me when quite simply he is being a real pain in the ass.  And for a guy who never heard this in his own house growing up as I said earlier, he now has heard his own mother, sisters, niece and now even our girls use it in reference to him.  So, it is true the word exists and would seem Kevin’s picture should be added next to it in the urban dictionary, according to our family.  Wouldn’t you agree!!

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.  I love Kevin to death, but this is truly a Kevin inspired post as he would say!!

Linking up again today with The Happy Wife’s Club and this is just another classic example of why I do love my husband for the fact that we can share in these types of inside jokes after all this time.


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About Janine

Janine is a published author of the books, The Mother of All Meltdowns and Only Trollops Shave Above the Knee. She has been featured on The Huffington Post, Mamapedia, Today Parenting Team and SheKnows. She also runs her own graphic design company at J9 Designs.

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  1. Heather davis says

    January 24, 2013 at 3:44 am

    In Oklahoma, scooch means to move or shimmey. 😉

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 3:46 am

      Heather, I will have to remember that if I am ever in your neck of the woods visiting 🙂 Seriously, I love that it is a word even if it means something different here versus there!!

  2. Corinne Rodrigues says

    January 24, 2013 at 3:59 am

    Now that's a word I'm going to borrow and use on my husband! 😉

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 4:00 am

      My pleasure Corinne and very happy to share with you 🙂 🙂

  3. Chrishelle Ebner says

    January 24, 2013 at 5:06 am

    Following from the Favorite Things blog hop. Love it. I have a new meaning for that word. Here in GA if you say scooch over, it means move over. Our endearing term is heife,r I know technically it means female cow. But if you are jokingly calling your friend this it means pain in some area of your body.

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 5:59 am

      Oh thanks and now I too learned something new. If I start calling my husband a heifer, he will probably be confused, but this could be oh so fun. Seriously thanks so much Chrishelle 🙂

  4. Kat Biggie says

    January 24, 2013 at 5:42 am

    It's really great that you two have so much fun together!!!

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 5:57 am

      We try, but just like everyone else we do have our moments!! Thanks Alexa 🙂

  5. Kevin says

    January 24, 2013 at 6:00 am

    See now you got everyone to drink the 'scooch' Kool-Aid. By the way the iPhone kept tryin to auto correct the word, so see it is not a word. But never forget that you will always be my PITA (Pain In The Ass)!

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 6:03 am

      The world will be mine one step at a time, lol!! Seriously, I just couldn't resist and just as you are my scooch, yes I will always be your pita!!! Love you. Hugs and kisses 🙂

  6. Michelle Liew says

    January 24, 2013 at 6:04 am

    Ah, and I'm going to borrow this word heavily and use it on my husband too. Though they are schooces, we love them to death! Thanks Janine!

  7. Janine Huldie says

    January 24, 2013 at 6:06 am

    My pleasure Michelle and very happy to pass along for further use on husbands all over 🙂 🙂

  8. Bill says

    January 24, 2013 at 6:28 am

    Definitely a word I grew up with, and Lord knows I've been called it a few times. LOL Fun blog today my friend.

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 6:35 am

      Thanks Bill and so happy to know I wasn't the only one that grew up with this word 🙂 🙂

  9. Janine Huldie says

    January 24, 2013 at 7:01 am

    Oh Kelly, you just made me laugh so hard I was practically crying. I love you seriously and thank you for putting a smile on my face 🙂 🙂

  10. Heather's Happe says

    January 24, 2013 at 8:34 am

    Ive never heard of it but I love it! Next time hubby is being a pain I will call him a scooch!

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 9:17 am

      Lol, Heather and just so happy to help out others find a word to call their significant other when they are indeed being a pain in the butt 🙂

  11. Janine Huldie says

    January 24, 2013 at 9:17 am

    Lol, thanks Richard. I do try my best 🙂 🙂

  12. Janine Huldie says

    January 24, 2013 at 9:19 am

    Oh thanks Melanie and I am really enjoying sharing these little stories for this link-up. I could never do the mushy thing and love sharing how real we are with each other. So I hope others do enjoy and see that through all the sarcasm and daily craziness that we do indeed love each other 🙂

  13. Ruchira says

    January 24, 2013 at 9:29 am

    lol…thanks janine for widening my vocab 😉

    Gotta use it tonight…lol

    voted for ya!

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 9:35 am

      Totally my pleasure with this word and let me know if you use how it goes!! Seriously thanks for the votes and know I too vote for you daily 🙂

  14. Jane Marsh says

    January 24, 2013 at 10:49 am

    I love learning new words. 🙂 So, I think you ought to make one up for that she/he pronoun dilemma my son is having.

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 12:17 pm

      Oh I love the challenge Jane and will have to think about that one, lol 🙂

  15. Stacy Harris says

    January 24, 2013 at 10:50 am

    I have never heard of that word before but I know that there are plenty of things I say that I get weird looks from. This usually comes from my husband's family being from California and mine being from Wisconsin. I guess your background really does play into things alot. I don't remember what I said once, but my MIL looked at me and just laughed. It was a phrase I used and I used a lot. For the life of me, I can't remember which phrase it was. But I think I am going to start using scooch!

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 12:19 pm

      Happy to convert you Stacy :)!! And do agree that your background is a big factor is the little nuisances and vocabulary differences from one person to the next.

  16. Christy Birmingham says

    January 24, 2013 at 11:26 am

    Hahah I have never heard this word before Janine but it works!

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 12:32 pm

      Oh thanks again Christy for that and for also sharing this one 🙂

  17. Britton says

    January 24, 2013 at 10:29 am

    Aaaaah! A new word I can use to offend someone! Love it! Visiting from SITS!

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 10:33 am

      Thank you so much Britton for visiting and happy to share a new word with you, too 🙂

  18. Chatter Blossom says

    January 24, 2013 at 11:52 am

    Nice! Looks like I have a new word to use on my hubs! 😉

    -Jamie
    http://chatterblossom.blogspot.com/

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 12:32 pm

      Thanks Jamie and always happy to help!! 🙂

  19. Meredith says

    January 24, 2013 at 12:16 pm

    Ha! Will now be using this! Great to have another word to throw around 🙂

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 12:33 pm

      My pleasure Meredith and thank you 🙂

  20. Cyndi says

    January 24, 2013 at 12:29 pm

    Who knew? I thought 'scooch' meant "move over" haha. Funny post and thank you for the little Italian lesson. 😀

  21. Emily says

    January 24, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    Well, since my husband is half-Italian, I'm definitely going to use that word on him sometime because there are plenty of occasions when he's worthy of it! 🙂

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 1:24 pm

      I think with your husband being half-Italian you do have every right to use of you have to, Emily 🙂

  22. Rachel Harper says

    January 24, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    Definitely stealing this word

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 24, 2013 at 4:25 pm

      Yay and totally feel free to use it, because I happen to love the word. So pleasure to pass onto you!! 🙂

  23. Janine Huldie says

    January 24, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    Oh thanks Clark!! 🙂 🙂

  24. Janine Huldie says

    January 24, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    Thanks Julie and so happy to know I am not alone in using this word, too 🙂

  25. Happy Wives Club&tra says

    January 25, 2013 at 3:48 pm

    LOL! I've never heard that word and I definitely thought you were making it up :). It wasn't until I continued reading and you defined it that I realized it was real. Hmmm…I think I'll start using that. My mother when we were growing up told us breasts were called "ninnies." It wasn't until I was grown that I realized "ninny" is not a real word! Oh, the words our parents made up that we'll one day learn about…maybe when we're 50.

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 25, 2013 at 3:56 pm

      Oh thanks again for the link-up and very happy to share this word. I agree about our mothers and I haven't quite hit 50 yet, but when I do one never knows what I will start making up, lol!! Thanks again and so happy to share 🙂 🙂

  26. Janine Huldie says

    January 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    Oh thanks Dianna and I am truly happy to share. Hope I put a smile on your face 🙂 🙂

  27. Katherines Corner says

    January 25, 2013 at 5:36 pm

    Oh sweetie, there's a reason we are bloggy friends, giggle. I'm often say scootch . Great post Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things hop xo

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 25, 2013 at 6:00 pm

      Thank you as always for hosting and truly so happy to be bloggy friends!! 🙂 🙂

  28. gigigirl says

    January 27, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    Thanks for the lesson on "scooch." It's a great word! Love you too Kevin…..

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 28, 2013 at 2:51 am

      Oh thanks Aunt Gloria and my pleasure. Kevin send his love back to you, too!! 🙂

  29. Brett Minor says

    January 27, 2013 at 8:03 pm

    I had never heard the word either. Other than occasionally to get someone to move over. "Hey, scooch." It's similar to scoot.

    • Janine Huldie says

      January 28, 2013 at 2:52 am

      Thanks Brett, that is what I have been hearing on here as the other meaning for the word and good to know that it is does exist for others even if it is a totally different meaning. Thanks again 🙂 🙂

  30. Thomas says

    October 9, 2013 at 12:19 pm

    hahaaaa i KNEW scooch was a word!! i couldn't remember who useta call me that until i read here it's an italian-american term and then i remembered my female italian friends calling me JUST THAT years ago in college… it's a brilliant word!

    • Janine Huldie says

      October 9, 2013 at 2:09 pm

      Totally does even though my husband still tries to fight it so to this day. Couldn't agree more and love this word!! 🙂

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