absquatulate

[BarbaraK]

intr.v. Midwestern & Western U.S., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

To depart in a hurry; abscond: “Your horse has absquatulated!” (Robert M. Bird).
To die.
To argue.
[Mock-Latinate formation, purporting to mean “to go off and squat elsewhere”.]

19th century American

I saw in in a Diana Gabaldon book

[Slava]

Oh, am I ticked off. At myself. I thought I'd suggested this one eons ago. Now I see it's now been done twice. Woe is me!

I love this word. Especially for the idea of brodying from a restaurant sans paying the bill. Good catch, BarbaraK, and welcome to the Agora.

[Perry]

Yes indeed. Please do not absquatulate, now that you have joined us!