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Chris -- 2025-05-10
This seems to have uses as an alternative (spelling?) to skirmish. (again with the “urban” thing) but…..
I first noticed it when a radio announcer used it, obviously meaning squeamish.
How Squirmish are you? Quiz
http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/dUngfCH/How … sh-are-you
Don’t read this story if squirmish
http://www.circleofmoms.com/c-sections/ … ion-279347
Not sure why selling (unspecified object) would make you squirmish but…...
http://twitter.com/pamslim/status/2491104020664320
Handling pigs ears can make you squirmish
http://jeroxie.com/addiction/09-2010-wh … id-you-say
Although this word does seem to have mixed usage, I would have thought it qualified as an eggcorn because I can well see why somebody would relate “squirming” to being “squeamish”. I’m picking a big future for squirmish.
Oh, and apologies if this one has already appeared. I did search and came up empty. (although I did find the delicious alternative “screamish”. hee hee)
Last edited by rfwillis (2010-11-24 15:22:20)
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It’s a good one, and it’s in the Database: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/664/squirmish/.
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patschwieterman wrote:
It’s a good one, and it’s in the Database: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/664/squirmish/.
The Search button at the top of this page only searches forum entries; to search everything on the site, you can use the second search button on the Database homepage, off to the right.
Thanks for the tip.
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