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As an additional data point, as far as I know the term “squick” comes from the BDSM community, originally. At least that’s where I first encountered it, on BDSM message boards on [[usenet]] in the mid-90s – yes, I was on BDSM message boards in the mid-90s; long story. As such, the implicit lack of judgment is important to the meaning of the word; you need a word to mean “I really don’t want to do that, and I don’t want to watch you doing that, but I don’t judge YOU for liking that and I don’t mind if YOU do it … somewhere far away from me.”<ref>[http://laylainalaska.tumblr.com/post/160136430339/how-was-squick-used-like-would-you-tag-something laylainalaska.tumblr.com]; [http://www.webcitation.org/6znkLo6jt WebCite] </ref>}}

As an additional data point, as far as I know the term “squick” comes from the BDSM community, originally. At least that’s where I first encountered it, on BDSM message boards on [[usenet]] in the mid-90s – yes, I was on BDSM message boards in the mid-90s; long story. As such, the implicit lack of judgment is important to the meaning of the word; you need a word to mean “I really don’t want to do that, and I don’t want to watch you doing that, but I don’t judge YOU for liking that and I don’t mind if YOU do it … somewhere far away from me.”<ref>[http://laylainalaska.tumblr.com/post/160136430339/how-was-squick-used-like-would-you-tag-something laylainalaska.tumblr.com]; [http://www.webcitation.org/6znkLo6jt WebCite] </ref>}}

It is difficult to know when the term attained enough popular use to be recognized in larger fandom spaces, but a fan in August 1993 used it when she stated: "I also love violence [in fan fiction]. Not all kinds -- some of it squicks me — and not all the time --sometimes I like a [[happy ending]] and romance and all that even if it does violate the series atmosphere..." <ref> from a fan's trib in [[Strange Bedfellows (APA)|Strange Bedfellows]] #2 </ref>  Another August 1993 use: "[ ] didn't squick me, at least the catheters didn't." <ref>August 13, 1993 comment by [E B] on [[Virgule-L]], this same fan also used "squick" in May 22, 1993 in  very personal post to that mailing list </ref>

It is difficult to know when the term attained enough popular use to be recognized in larger fandom spaces, but a fan in August 1993 used it when she stated: "I also love violence [in fan fiction]. Not all kinds -- some of it squicks me — and not all the time --sometimes I like a [[happy ending]] and romance and all that even if it does violate the series atmosphere..." <ref> from a fan's trib in [[Strange Bedfellows (APA)|Strange Bedfellows]] #2 </ref>  Another August 1993 use: "[[Grievous Bodily Harm]] [a [[Professionals]] fanfic] didn't squick me, at least the catheters didn't." <ref>August 13, 1993 comment by [E B] on [[Virgule-L]], this same fan also used "squick" in May 22, 1993 in  very personal post to that mailing list </ref>

The term must have been widely enough used in early spring of 2000 because a journalist used it in a fairly knowledgeable way in the article [[Gross encounters: on the way to writing a profile of Paul Gross, the author discovers his fans are the real story. Reflections on celebrity worship, Internet love and Canada as the Holy Land]]: "The women seem tolerant of each other's "squicks" -- what turns one on grosses out another."

The term must have been widely enough used in early spring of 2000 because a journalist used it in a fairly knowledgeable way in the article [[Gross encounters: on the way to writing a profile of Paul Gross, the author discovers his fans are the real story. Reflections on celebrity worship, Internet love and Canada as the Holy Land]]: "The women seem tolerant of each other's "squicks" -- what turns one on grosses out another."