Scooby gang

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English

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Etymology

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Derived from the cartoon Scooby-Doo, which featured a group of teenagers regularly engaged in solving mysteries.

Noun

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Scooby gang (plural Scooby gangs)

  1. A small and cohesive group of people (usually teenagers) who regularly seek to solve mysteries.
    • 2007, Alyssa Day, Atlantis Awakening: The Warriors of Poseidon, page 131:
      "Hey, the Scooby gang's all here," Ven said.
    • 2004, Nora Roberts, Blue Dahlia: The Garden Trilogy, page 192:
      "We're like the Scooby gang."
    • 2003, Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, Pursuit, page 175:
      He's haunted, she thought. And from the look of things, this is one ghost that even our little Scooby Gang might have trouble getting rid of.
    • 1999, Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir, Deadly Genes, page 165:
      Care to let the rest of the Scooby Gang in on whatever's got your spider senses tingling?"

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