squee
English edit
Etymology edit
Imitative.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
squee (third-person singular simple present squees, present participle squeeing, simple past and past participle squeed)
- (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 edit
squee
- (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 edit
Noun edit
squee (plural squees)
- (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."