# "Sukki Sukki" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476 "2012-06-18T02:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/1 "2012-06-18T02:39:12Z")
Why did people say it during R&B songs? What does it mean? What is the phrase’s derivation? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/2 "2012-06-18T02:56:45Z")
Don’t know the answer but want to add that Dwight Yoakam uses it too. . ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/3 "2012-06-18T03:05:12Z")
The band Steppenwolf did a song in 1968 called, “Sookie, Sookie.” The lyrics were basically, “Let it all hang out. Sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, soooo.” If you were a teenager you could have heard something suggestive in there. It had a good beat and you could dance the Watusi to it. Give it a five. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/4 "2012-06-18T04:07:51Z")
I always thought it was “silky, silky.” Like as in smooth and sensual… [[Chorus: repeat 4X] Silky! (“Uh!! Ahh silky silky now”)](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/heavyd/silky.html) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/5 "2012-06-18T07:32:53Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > The band Steppenwolf did a song in 1968 called, “Sookie, Sookie.” Steppenwolf’s version was a cover of the original by [Don Covay](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwVbOiU5N44). ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/6 "2012-06-18T09:25:53Z")
Just a WAG, but two things come to mind: I’ve heard variations of “sook, sook” used for hog or cattle calling, plus it’s a close-enough-for-R&B homophone for “suck it” or something. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/7 "2012-06-18T10:39:00Z")
The phrasing is, “Aw sooky sooky now!” I don’t know its etymology. I don’t even know what it means, exactly. I just know when it is used. Like, if your friend is telling you a story about an exciting sexual escapade, you might say, “Aw sooky sooky now!” when the tale gets to the juicy parts. Or if you catch your friend coming out of a closet with another friend and they’re looking a little tussled and relaxed, you might say, “Aw sooky sooky now!” Regine on the TV show “Living Single” used to say it a lot, for hilarious effect. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/8 "2012-06-18T13:05:24Z")
[Groove Me by King Floyd(1970)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lf_1y7rYE) is probably the 1st usage in pop culture. Aw sooky sooky now = Some shit is about to go down. Comedian D.L. Hughley, as host of BET’s ComicView, used the phrase whenever he spotted a member of the audience worthy of comedic attention. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/9 "2012-06-18T13:09:51Z")
[Full metal jacket](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12tce-THLUE&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukki-sukki/625476/10 "2012-06-19T20:36:20Z")
All I know is it seriously cracks people up when an old-ass white woman says it _sotto voce_ during the staff meeting when a new org structure is announced.