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I first heard the word "skosh" in a Woody Allen movie, as in "Move the car up a skosh, so I can pump the gas."

From the context, it sounded like it was some old American word that survived in the backwoods from the earliest days of the country.

Actually it comes from the Japanese sukoshi and was introduced into English after WWII.

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“Hey GI, you go PX more skosh, catch me Greenex?” “Daijobu!”

Japan’s WWII ally was known as Adorufu Hitora. Look up cartoonist Bill Hume’s “Babysan” for more lingo lessons.