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squicky

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Etymology

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From squick +‎ -y.

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Adjective

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squicky (comparative squickier, superlative squickiest)

  1. (slang) Engendering a feeling of disgust, distaste, nausea, or revulsion, but without a judgment regarding rightness or wrongness (of the stimulus).
    She offered to show me the injury, but I find blood rather squicky.
    • 2019 June 3, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-3003 - The End of History” (18:44 from the start), in The Exploring Series[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2024:
      You might remember at the start that I said SCP-3003 blends squicky body horror with a commentary on humanity. I'm sure the body-horror aspect is fairly obvious now, but the commentary perhaps not.
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