squish

Etymology 1
Apparently an alteration of, influenced by obsolete. Cognate with 🇨🇬,. Compare also 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬. See also,.

Noun

 * 1)  The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
 * 2)  A political moderate.
 * 3)  Marmalade.
 * 1)  Marmalade.
 * 1)  Marmalade.
 * 1)  Marmalade.

Translations

 * Italian: ,
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
 * 2)  To be compressed or squeezed.
 * 1)  To be compressed or squeezed.
 * 1)  To be compressed or squeezed.
 * 1)  To be compressed or squeezed.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:compress

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Turkish:, pelte gibi yapmak, peltemsi yapmak, şap şap yürümek, vıcık vıcık yerde yürümek

Etymology 2
Formed by analogy with and possibly, both of which have senses as types of compression as well as types of attraction.

Possibly first attested in 1999 (see Citations:squish) and then later or recoined in 2007 by the user Raisin on the forums of the  as "a milder synonym for the word 'crush'".

The term was also used with a similar meaning in a 1997 episode of the TV show , though the 2007 (re)coining was apparently independent.

Noun

 * 1)  A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.