diddly-squat

Meaning

Nothing; nothing whatsoever.

Synonyms

diddlysquat

doodly-squat

diddly

shit

💩

squat

diddley

diddly-shit

diddlyshit

jack

Translations

cric

merde

valet

porcaria nenhuma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪd(ə)li skwɑt/

Etymology

The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang suggests that this is a variation of doodly-squat from 1934, probably from American slang doodle (“excrement”) + squat, used in the sense of defecating. Doodly-squat was originally the more common form, but diddly-squat overtook it in the early 1980s, and is now an order of magnitude more common in print.