English

Noun

squickage ‎(uncountable)

1. (slang) The condition of being squicked by something.
   • 1993 December 10, Alan Smith, “Re: **** compressor clamp”, in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet:

     You want me to do *WHAT*??
     Squickage! That's too sick for me.

   • 2004 January 24, Nena, “Re: Why monogamy?”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom, Usenet:

     Their reaction to hearing about alternative sexual practices in the abstract is most often amusement, sometimes squickage, rarely moral outrage.

   • 2009 April 3, elizabeth, “Re: Painful Water Birth”, in alt.support.childfree, Usenet:

     I could handle just about anything except childbirth without squickage, but there was something so biologically nasty about childbirth, just couldn't handle it at all.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:squickage.
2. (slang) Something which squicks.
   • 2002 April 12, XL [username], “REC: Mary Church”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative, Usenet:

     It's that perfect fairy tale x-fic that everyone secretly loves. That, and no squickage whatsoever, which is why I dislike most anachronistic fics. :)

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:squickage.