SQUICK

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Sep 27 23:58:25 UTC 2004


At 5:22 PM -0500 9/27/04, Mullins, Bill wrote:
>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Dennis R. Preston [mailto:preston at MSU.EDU]
>>  Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 5:08 PM
>>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  Subject: Re: SUX
>>
>
>>  >Does squicked = iggled?
>>
>
>A loose meaning is "grossed out".

or more specifically, according to one of those sources, 'grossed out
by someone else's kick'

>Search Google Groups for "squick" for
>more than you want to know, but it seems to come from the sound of moist
>tissue doing various things.

Is it really from "squirm" + "ick", as a sort of resultative blend?
Just wondering.

larry



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