Verboticism: Squinking

'What's that stupid sound?'

DEFINITION: v. To talk to yourself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice while performing complex mental gymnastics.n. The sounds a person makes when they are trying to think.

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Squinking

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: skwing-king

Sentence: At work, Frank had a lovely time. Nobody would give him anything to do, because no one could stand his squinking!

Etymology: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ squeek - sound of a mouse. ++++++++++ ++++++ thinking - to constructively use ones brain +++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Comments: Squinking

Alchemist - 2007-01-25: 02:44:00
Leader of the squins!

petaj - 2007-01-24: 04:32:00
You beat me to it. Good word, IMHO.

purpleartichokes - 2007-01-24: 13:37:00
I love the sound of this one!

wordmeister - 2007-01-24: 14:52:00
Yeah, "squink" sounds funny... perfect!