Word: scat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rattling Tongue. But his principal asset is his proficiency at something called scat-a form of singing in which the performer, instead of mouthing words, gushes forth an unintelligible gibberish most closely resembling a spluttering outboard motor. His radio signature is a scat phrase which, written down, looks something like this...
Halfback Davis has far too much leg drive to suffer comparison with such outstanding scat-backs as Yale's Albie Booth. Nor is he comparable to snake-hipped Red Grange. Junior carries a special kind of speed that is all his own. After a brief show of hippiness, enough to get around the end, he simply leans forward and sprouts wings. Once outside, he makes would-be tacklers look ridiculous as they try to cope with his speed, his willowy change of pace and starchy stiff arm. He has gained a grand total of 1,777 yards...
Last week the Navy's shark-scat was a red-hot topic in Gloucester. Other fishermen, following the Angle and Florence, tried it with success. But Skipper Philip Nicastro of the Serafina N. claimed that one impetuous shark ate a whole bag of the stuff without apparent damage. One possible explanation: shark-scat (like some strong cheeses) offends the nose and eyes, but not the stomach...
...carefully considered bids got him nearly everything he needed: fast linemen to brush-block and scat downfield, blazing fast halfbacks, a blocking fullback and, above all, a sleight-of-hand quarterback. Greasy got a few name players and a lot of unknowns who had what he wanted...
Dorothy Lamour and her husband, Army Air Forces Captain William Ross Howard III, entered their cottage at Arrowhead Springs Hotel, heard a rustle in the wastebasket, investigated. Announced Captain Howard: "It's a cat." He overturned the basket, said: "Scat!" The skunk scatted. So did the Howards...