AHD3:
diddlysquat n. Slang. Diddly. [Alteration of diddlyshit : diddly
(alteration of doodle) + shit.]
M-W
diddly-squat [prob. alter. of doodly-squat] (1974) slang : the least
amount : anything at all <didn't know diddly-squat about sports — Sam
Toperoff>
doodley-squat or doodly-squat [perh. fr. doodle + 4-y + squat,
euphemism for shit] (1934): diddly-squat
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john
Probably nothing more than the child's euphemism for "shit."
You don't know diddly squat. You don't know shit.
----NM
I always heard it as diddly shit, and later, diddly squat as the
cleaned up version. The military is fond of diddly squat as it
against regulations to use fowl language in front of, or verbally
abuse, the troops. As far as where it all came from? I don't know,
but I heard it in the 1950s.
>I always heard it as diddly shit, and later, diddly squat as the
>cleaned up version. The military is fond of diddly squat as it
>against regulations to use fowl language in front of, or verbally
>abuse, the troops. -------
[snip]
They're chicken, eh?
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