ONLINE DICTIONARY

Main Entry: skookumchuck
Pronunciation: "SKOO-kum-chuk"
Function: noun
Etymology: Tanguese, from past participle of skookumchier to promise, betroth without likelihood of consummation, from Old Tanguero skoochum to trust at a long distance
1: a sweet intended who lives at least two hours away on the other side of a mountain chain; a : a milonga-ready long-distance paramour to whom one is indefinitely betrothed b : a tango partner whose embrace promises eternal bliss but who is geographically undesirable c : the person who embodies the dreams for your future when your future is obscure and you don’t have much money.

- skookie diminutive of skookumchuck

2 : FIANCE
3 : BETROTHED
4 : SKOOKUM (possibly related term from Chinook jargon)