Definition of "Scully"

Scully¹

proper noun
plural Scullys
1. A surname from Irish.

Scully²

verb
1. (slang, transitive) To be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom.
  Quotations
  When she complains in another episode that Giles is refusing for once to consider a supernatural explanation, she says, "I can't believe that you of all people would Scully me,"
  2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy matters: the art of Buffy the vampire slayer, page 28
  She Scullied me and I'm sure the word “macrobiotics” never made it into my medical file; it's an unexplained disappearance of cancer.
  2015, Denny Waxman, The Complete Macrobiotic Diet
  If you feel strongly about Scullying this situation and avoiding anyone who believes in made-up sky magic, that’s your prerogative, but you should know that you’re preemptively x’ing out a LOT of the queer population you might otherwise click with!
  2019 February 19, Rachel, “How to Talk to Your Hot Gay Crush About Astrology When You Don't Believe In It”, in Autostraddle