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- adjective showing signs of
restlessness resulting from feelings ofdiscomfort ordistress .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Murph and PNB-You know, “kooties” is one of those Americano terms we Australians hear all the time on old sit - coms and feel slightly squirmish about because truly, the inference is MUCH stronger than nits.
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My father, squirmish in suits but not lacking ambition, fell into advertising does anyone ever choose it?
AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE DAVID GOODWILLIE 2010
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Please send word soon of the battle beyond this squirmish.
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Any time you hear on the media (also owned by the bankers) of a squirmish or political problem in a country that is not with these national banks, you can bet the bankers are behind it.
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That's the arrogance that America has shown that has caused the rest of the world to squeem and squirmish when America speaks.
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Any time you hear on the media (also owned by the bankers) of a squirmish or political problem in a country that is not with these national banks, you can bet the bankers are behind it.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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Yes target muslims as they target us and do not be squirmish about it.
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I recently found out that Satukiro is still sexually active, ok not for squirmish minds like you say.
A better way to die? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No. I really -- I'm squirmish (ph).
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There's also this kind of the squirmish back and forth over.
tcanny commented on the word squirmish
Heard as a mispronounciation of skirmish. Possible definitions:
1) A minor battle fought between small gangs of worms.
2) Relating to or feeling/exhibiting signs of humiliation or embarrassment. As in “A squirmish feeling washed over James the moment the reporter asked him about the incriminating video from the hidden cameras.�?
September 30, 2009