Skitch Lexicon

Skitch was born in February of 2007 and the search for the right product name had taken a long time. It was important to make the name unique, brand-able, closely tied to the functionality of the product and of course, very fun. It just wouldn’t be a plasq product if it was no fun to pronounce as well as to use.

We decided that Skitch was the best term, because it adhered to all of our requirements, but it also makes a *GREAT* verb. You can use the Skitch term in many ways and early in this blog’s life we outlined some of our favorites.  However, people keep inventing new terms that we hadn’t already thought of, so this page is now dedicated to the Skitch terms that our friends invent. You can submit your own ideas for new terms by sending messages to @Skitch on Twitter. Enjoy!

The Skitch Lexicon

  • Skitchalicious - To exclaim with enthusiasm about an image created with Skitch. Usage: “that new logo design is Skitchalicious!“
  • Skitchisms  - To unexpectedly discover new ways to use Skitch. Usage: “stumbled on a new Skitchism today” Example: Mick Lubinskas’ Blog
  • Skitchtastic! - To shout in excitement at having viewed a better than average Skitch image. “The new blog design is Skitchtastic!“
  • SkitchIt - To send a Skitched image to another person. Usage: “just SkitchIt to me“
  • Skitched - To capture something or someone in a Skitch image. Usage: ”you have been Skitched” - “I Skitched the problems with the new onMouseOver function“
  • Skitcheroonie! - To swap one Skitch image for a second Skitch image. Usage: “Dave pulled a Skitcheroonie on me with that new mockup“
  • Skitcheriffic - To respond like Tony the Tiger to a Skitch image. Usage: “those new how-to guides are Skitcherrific!“
  • Skitchify/Skitchified -  To alter the appearance of someone or something using Skitch. Usage: ”you’ve been Skitchified!”
  • Skitchmarks - To capture visual bookmarks, often of transitory web content. Usage: “I made a Skitchmark of last nights Twitter conversation“
  • Skitchslap - A tongue-in-cheek way to tell someone they screwed up. Usage: “Man, my CSS didn’t work in IE7 - got majorly Skitchslapped for it” Examples: Atlassian Dev Blog