Scooby Doo

It's hardly the most important thing I ever thought about but I could not abide that television programme, Scooby Doo. It really got on my nerves. In my inbox today I received my usual OED word of the day message to find the word Scooby ... here is the entry: scooby, n. [‘not to have a scooby: = not to have a clue at clue n. 2e.’] Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈskuːbi/, U.S. /ˈskubi/, Scottish /ˈskubɪ/ Forms: 19– scoobie, 19– scooby. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: proper name Scooby. Etymology:Short for Scooby Doo, the name of a cartoon dog which features in several U.S. television series and films (which typically include the name of the dog in the title), as rhyming slang for clue n. The fuller form scooby doo is also sometimes found. colloq. (chiefly Sc.). not to have a scooby: = not to have a clue at clue n. 2e. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) 14 May 16 Your lawyer telling youse that he husnae a scooby and youse can jist take a wee tirravie tae yersel. 1999 C. Dolan Ascension Day(2000) vi. 120 Mum, trying to be businesslike, quizzed Morag about blood counts and bone marrow suppression and other such matters about which of course she didn't have a scooby. 2006 Daily Record (Glasgow)(Nexis) 12 May 33 Isn't research meant to ask questions we haven't a scoobie about? May the saints preserve us!! DW