Skoosh or scoosh isn’t what you would call ancient Scots, you wouldn’t come across the word in anything written by J.M. Barrie or any of the ‘kailyard’ writers. In fact I think it’s most often used in the west of Scotland. It has two different meanings.

Skoosh is Scottish for fizzy lemonade or any other flavour of soft gassy drink. I suppose it got that name because if you aren’t careful with it, it skooshes up all over you.

Skoosh is also used to describe something which is really easy. You might come out of an exam and say, ‘That was an absolute skoosh,’ – if you thought it was really easy.

Or it can be used to describe a job of work which isn’t difficult. It’s the same as describing something as ‘a cakewalk’ or – as we used to say at school – a ‘promenade de gateau’.

Skoosh – it even sounds nice and easy.