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A nonsense phrase used in the 20s. See 28 Skidoo. Usually a positive thing.

"23 Skiddoo!" said the flapper as she checked out the guy in the zoot suit.

The drip, crotch-nasties, the gift that keeps on giving...

Yes, an STD. (generally chlamidiya, gonnorhea, something that can be treated with penicillin or Cipro).

This phrase was used a lot in the circles I hung out with in the late 80's/early 90's.

Keith: "I was gonna do her, but I sniffed her coochie and realized I'd get the 23 skidoo from her."
Thomas: "Dude, that sux you didn't get any, but it beats going to the doctor."

OR

Keith: "Yeah, I did her a week ago, and I had to go to the doctor today to get rid of the 23 skidoo she gave me. Fuckin' whore!"
Thomas: "Shit, that sux man. I won't tell anyone." "HEY, MIKE! KEITH GOT THE 23 SKIDOO FROM DONNA!!!"

A term used in the early 20th Century for "get lost."
Bums would sleep around 23rd St and when the cops came along they would hit them with their billy clubs and say "23 skidoo."
My grandfather was a cop down there around 1920 and told me how this term came about.

Hey buddy, 23 skidoo.

To leave quickly:

I heard it came from the cops in the early 20th Century-probably the 1920s-chasing the hookers off of 23rd Street in New York City and not catching them, thus the hookers gave the cops the "23 skidoo."

Here comes the cops lets 23 skidoo!!!

That bitch gave me the 23 skidoo!!!!

We better 23 skidoo!

They gave me the ol' 23 skidoo!!

She tried to give me the ol' 23 skidoo but I caught her!

It's when you have to scadaddle in big hurry

I hated the party so I pulled a 23 skidoo

Archaic, early 20th century reference to Flatiron Building at the intersection of 23rd. Street , Fifth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan NY.
The north facing corner of the triangular Flatiron Bldg. caused flapper skirts to blow upward as wind gusts were sheared at the north facing corner facade revealing , rather indelicately their undergarments...girls in the know , knew “at Twenty-third Street, hold down your hems and SKIDOO‼️(perhaps this gave rise to the vagrant loitering noted in other entries❓)

Girls in the know knew..... “at Broadway -Fifth & Flatiron , hold down your skirt hems, 23 SKIDOO‼️“

23 skidoo (circa 1920s CE) symbolizes an iconoclasm of a biblical proportion; when the etiquette of forcing oneself to stay in an uncomfortable situation could merely be discarded by uttering the phrase, "23 skidoo."

Evidence of the 23 skidoo has long been lost and only skilled historians have managed to keep its intellect savvy.

Angry black man at a baby shower, I guess: "Fuck this shit. I'm 23 skidoo-ing this piece, bitch."

Criminal about to be executed: "23 skidoo!"
Executioner person: "Shit. I guess we'll have to let the rapist/murderer free on the account of his supreme 23 skidoo."

George Bush, 2003: "23 skidoo."
World: "I guess we'll have to continue acting like blubbering idiots at such well-spoken doctrine and reelect this shithead."