Wow. I have the practice (common to sci-fi readers, I have heard) of taking unfamiliar words in my stride, attempting to figure them out in context, and taking it on faith that if I can’t figure it out now, more context will soon be given. So that is how I approach new words on the internet (like ‘squick’). This is only important because my internal definition for squick had developed into something very much like saying “eww” or the word disgust. It didn’t have that crucial ‘no moral component’ tag for me. Interesting!
Likewise, but I think I have a bit of an obsession with learning obscure jargon… to the point of reading through the provided dictionaries in SF&F books a half dozen times, then referring to it when the words come up. And reading through online lists of terminology for fictional universes and technical activities.
But yes, searching for “squick” on here, I have seen it used as “eww”, but I’m not quite sure from the brief glance if it had that particular tag, at least not explicitly.
Wow. I have the practice (common to sci-fi readers, I have heard) of taking unfamiliar words in my stride, attempting to figure them out in context, and taking it on faith that if I can’t figure it out now, more context will soon be given. So that is how I approach new words on the internet (like ‘squick’). This is only important because my internal definition for squick had developed into something very much like saying “eww” or the word disgust. It didn’t have that crucial ‘no moral component’ tag for me. Interesting!
Likewise, but I think I have a bit of an obsession with learning obscure jargon… to the point of reading through the provided dictionaries in SF&F books a half dozen times, then referring to it when the words come up. And reading through online lists of terminology for fictional universes and technical activities.
But yes, searching for “squick” on here, I have seen it used as “eww”, but I’m not quite sure from the brief glance if it had that particular tag, at least not explicitly.
Same here.