Absquatulate

Origin

“Absquatulate” is a delightful piece of 19th-century American slang, a deliberately bombastic and humorous word for the simple act of leaving in a hurry. It's thought to be a portmanteau, playfully combining elements of words like 'abscond' (to leave secretly), 'squat' (to settle), and perhaps even 'perambulate' (to walk around). Emerging during a period when American English embraced inventive, often over-the-top coinages, this word gave a dramatic, mock-formal flourish to the rather common act of making a swift and perhaps surreptitious exit, especially to avoid an awkward situation.