squirmage

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noun

The act of squirming.

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Meanings

nounsquirmage (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableThe act of squirming.

    In bed, Lauren has never been able to control her lateral squirmage. She is the needle on a compass and Spencer is due North.

    2007 May 9, Harry Sanderford, “A Bedtime Story”, in A Prairie Home Companion
  2. broadlyslanguncountableThe condition or quality of causing a state of discomfort, particularly disgust, fear, or embarrassment.

    Pants down gags are as loud and lively as fart jokes, but willy waving in a restaurant kitchen is a whole new area of squirmage, hitherto unexplored.

    c. 2005, Angus Wolfe Murray, Waiting… review, Eye for Film

Origin

From squirm + -age.

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APA

squirmage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirmage

MLA

“squirmage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirmage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squirmage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirmage.

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