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Subject:Re: pet peeve words From:Geoffrey Brown <geoffrey -at- SOFTMED -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:48:14 -0500
I'd like to commend RJACOBSE -at- GPS -dot- COM for using an
excellent old "underground" word to coin a phrase:
>We've had HR people tell us that they're making some policy
>change to"incent" us to do something or other.
>Squinch-inducing.
I'm not sure "squinch" is even in the dictionary, but I've used it
myself for years.
If I'm not mistaken, "to squinch" is the action ones body
performs:
1) At the onset of an attack of lactose intolerance.
2) At the mention of something viscerally loathsome.
Anyone else have a good definition?
-- Geoff Brown
geoffrey -at- softmed -dot- com
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