1 definition by Paul F. O'Reilly
"What's the skeenar, Pops?"
Usage Note: Permutations of this root have manifested in contemporary parlance to encompass a wide variety of definitions, often with little or no etymological fidelity to it's natural origin. Terms such as 'skeeny', 'skeenarific' and 'skeenacity' for example, generally connote a vague sense of the favorable or auspicious, whereas the verb to 'skeen' can mean 'to acquire or achieve by disreputable means'. Modern linguists tend to view 'skeenar' and it's variants as inordinately elastic terms; whether this helps or hinders their popularity remains to be seen.
Usage Note: Permutations of this root have manifested in contemporary parlance to encompass a wide variety of definitions, often with little or no etymological fidelity to it's natural origin. Terms such as 'skeeny', 'skeenarific' and 'skeenacity' for example, generally connote a vague sense of the favorable or auspicious, whereas the verb to 'skeen' can mean 'to acquire or achieve by disreputable means'. Modern linguists tend to view 'skeenar' and it's variants as inordinately elastic terms; whether this helps or hinders their popularity remains to be seen.
by Paul F. O'Reilly October 22, 2006