squick
/skwɪk/
squick noun: a source of individual psychological discomfort; something that repels one.
Noun
squick (countable and uncountable, plural squicks)
- A source of individual psychological discomfort; something that repels one.
- HEY!!!! This goes a little too far for even me! Applicable nanotechnology like that won't happen until at least 3 years from now and nuclear = squick in my book.1991 September 18, <wi.853@wizvax.methuen.ma.us>, “Do-it-yourself nipple clamps”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet), retrieved 09 Mar 2020
- since it is pretty hard to find two people on such pics in the proper positions i ask those of you interested in the creation of this to keep yer eyes open for good source material. send me anything... suggestions, own ideas of how the squick should look like (het, gay, lesb (with plastic dildo or...1993 June 19, Ulf Kastner, “how 'bout a squick.gif”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet)
Verb
squick (third-person singular simple present squicks, present participle squicking, simple past and past participle squicked)
- To gross out, to disgust.
- Queer men, on the other hand, insist on shoving our very own flesh up each other's poop chutes, and that squicks numerous straight men—the ones who aren't doing their girlfriends up the ass anyhow.2005, Russ Kick, Everything You Know about Sex Is Wrong, page 296
- To be grossed out, to experience disgust.
- He likes intense sensation (pain, for those of you not up on this lingo) and we did play with sounds. I'll now explain what "sounds" are, but if you squick easily, you should skip this next paragraph.2005, Maxim Jakubowski, The Mammoth Book of Sex Diaries: Online Confessions and Call-Girl Adventures, page 27
- To sexually penetrate a disgusting part of the head, such as an eye-socket
- I've heard it said that squicking is one of those activities that people do not talk about in a public forum.1991 April 23, Matthew Harelick, “Squicking?”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet)
- Every now and then somebody on the alt.tasteless line mentions a certain perversion known as "squicking" which I assume is an urban legend. This act is similar to skull-fucking (intercourse with the socket of somebody's empty eyesocket, another act which I assume to be an UL), but instead of...1992 April 27, Douglass Glen Whitman, alt.folklore.urban (Usenet)
Examples of squick in a sentence
- We maintain, as you did in your time, the cultural squick about internal interfaces with networked machinery, and about data capture, for obvious reasons.2004, Ken MacLeod, Newton's Wake: A Space Opera, page 88:
- I don’t recommend doing so, I am reasonably certain there is enough squick in those pictures to get us on some kind of watchlist.2019, Fritzi Kramer, Movies Silently:
- Every now and then somebody on the alt.tasteless line mentions a certain perversion known as "squicking" which I assume is an urban legend.1992 April 27, Douglass Glen Whitman, alt.folklore.urban (Usenet):
- Now that Halloween is over, I was just wondering, how many of you out there couldn't resist the urge to cut your Jack-O(ff)-Lantern with a squick hole1994 November 5, David M. Schaefer, “Mr. Squick”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet):
Forms of squick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | squicks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | squicks |
| present participle | squicking |
| past participle | squicked |
| past | squicked |
Origin of squick
Seemingly phonaesthetic, formed of squ- as in squirm and -ick as in ick. Originated in the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.bondage; popularized primarily in the newsgroup alt.tasteless.
Words formed from squick
- squickage
- squickery
- squickiness
- squicky
Words that rhyme with squick
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- nick
- flick
- sick
- unpick
- chick
- dick
- rick
- vic
- wick
- crick
- ick
- shtick
- snick
- stich
- strick
- unstick
- blick
- hick
- inwick
- klick
- mick
- outwick
- pic
- Roman brick
- shlick
- sic
- SLC
- spic
- thicc
- tic
- Vick
- yardstick
- cinematographic
- fic
- flic
- frick
- gick
- hard tick
- hic
- hysteric
- Laconophilic
- megalographic
- miskick
- nic
- rainstick
- restart kick
- schtik
- shift stick
Questions about squick
- What does squick mean?
- Squick means a source of individual psychological discomfort; something that repels one.
- How do you use squick in a sentence?
- We maintain, as you did in your time, the cultural squick about internal interfaces with networked machinery, and about data capture, for obvious reasons.
- What part of speech is squick?
- Squick can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce squick?
- Squick is pronounced /skwɪk/.
- What is the plural of squick?
- The plural of squick is squicks.
Words near squick in the dictionary
Source and license
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