squee

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English

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Etymology

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Imitative.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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squee (third-person singular simple present squees, present participle squeeing, simple past and past participle squeed)

  1. (informal) To squeal with excitement or delight.
    • 2011, Spartakus, “Anti-abortion terrorism nipped in the bud in Madison, WI”, in talk.abortion (Usenet):
      Meanwhile on Usenet, a couple of anti-choicers are racing to out-stupid each other, squeeing like school children over something someone said.
    • 2012, “Male Cat Stays By Female Cat's Side In Sickness And Health”, in Huffington Post[1]:
      On Tuesday, Reddit user lern41 got the Reddit community squeeing when he posted a few photos of his pet cats, Artemis and Apollo.

Interjection

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squee

  1. (informal) A squeal of excitement or delight.
    • 2001, Susan, “I got a hamster! Squee!”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):
    • 2013 May 17, Peter Nowak, “There will be buttons: And other truths about the next-gen Xbox”, in The Globe and Mail:
      The new console will certainly have more powerful graphics, processor, hard drive and all those specs that really only nerdy writers for technology websites care about: “Ermahgerd, moar polygons! More frame rate! Squee!”

Usage notes

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Noun

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squee (plural squees)

  1. (informal) A cry of squee.
    • 2008, Dale North, JapanaTen: The top ten things anime cons could do without:
      It's just that the young female group squees seem to come at the most inopportune time. Sure enough, just about every time I'm on the phone — squee. Talking to someone important? Squee.
    • 2013 June 3, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Jun 3, 2013:
      "Oughta be more careful, El. Most people aren't accustomed to fanboyish squees." "Well, they aren't going to get used to it without exposure." "Fair 'nough."
    • 2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4371: Held In Reserve:
      "Forgive me. I am imagining the two of you as a couple and it is making me very happy. This must be the 'squee' emotion I have heard so much about." "That is the most dignified squee I've ever seen."

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