Meanings
- slanguncountableThe condition of being squicked by something; squeamish revulsion.
You want me to do *WHAT*?? Squickage! That's too sick for me.
1993 December 10, Alan Smith, “Re: screw compressor clamp”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)2 more examples
Their reaction to hearing about alternative sexual practices in the abstract is most often amusement, sometimes squickage, rarely moral outrage.
2004 January 24, Nena, “Re: Why monogamy?”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom (Usenet)I could handle just about anything except childbirth without squickage, but there was something so biologically nasty about childbirth, just couldn't handle it at all.
2009 April 3, elizabeth, “Re: Painful Water Birth”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet) - slanguncountableSomething that squicks.
It's that perfect fairy tale x-fic that everyone secretly loves. That, and no squickage whatsoever, which is why I dislike most anachronistic fics. :)
2002 April 12, XL [username], “REC: Mary Church”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
Origin
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