squick

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squick

  • /skwɪk/

Rhymes with -ɪk

Where it comes from

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.

noun squicks

  1. countable, slang, uncountable 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.

verb squicks · squicking · squicked

  1. slang, transitive 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.
  2. intransitive, slang 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.
  3. slang, transitive 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.

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noun source of individual psychological discomfort

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verb to experience disgust

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@misc{squick_2026,
  title = {squick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/squick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}