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For example, some fans may have an [[Embarrassment Squick|embarrassment squick]], and do not enjoy works where a character is embarrassed or in an awkward situation. To quote [[User:Vee|Vee]]:{{quotation|

For example, some fans may have an [[Embarrassment Squick|embarrassment squick]], and do not enjoy works where a character is embarrassed or in an awkward situation. To quote [[User:Vee|Vee]]:{{quotation|

Among my kind, "watch from the hall" is what we call the embarrassment squick, because it's so bothersome you can't even watch it through your fingers and have to leave the room when it's happening.}} Although squick in its original use conveys an ''intensely'' adverse reaction, through [[Fannish Drift|fannish drift]] its meaning has been diluted so that today it may also be used to mean "stuff I don't want to write, read, or receive in a [[Gift Exchange|gift exchange]]."{{cn}}

Among my kind, "watch from the hall" is what we call the embarrassment squick, because it's so bothersome you can't even watch it through your fingers and have to leave the room when it's happening.}}  

 

While squick had early uses that meant skullfucking<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt.tasteless.jokes/aV6-w4oApNk/NgOkeGEvIpUJ alt.tasteless.jokes use of 'squick']</ref> and a version of [[YKINMK]],<ref>[http://laylainalaska.tumblr.com/post/160136430339/how-was-squick-used-like-would-you-tag-something BDSM usage of 'squick' in the 90s]</ref> through [[Fannish Drift|fannish drift]] its usage has evolved to include 'stuff I don't want to write, read, or receive in a [[Gift Exchange|gift exchange]]'.<ref>[http://laylainalaska.tumblr.com/post/160136430339/how-was-squick-used-like-would-you-tag-something How was squick used?]</ref><ref>[https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2018/profile Yuletide 2018 usage of squick]</ref><ref>[https://lyras.livejournal.com/152548.html Meta discussing squick in reference to fic exchanges]</ref>

Fanwork creators also sometimes use the term to describe their own work; as of August 13, 2018, there are 319 works on [[AO3]] tagged "Squick."<ref>[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Squick/works/ Squick tag on AO3]. Accessed on August 13, 2018.</ref>

Fanwork creators also sometimes use the term to describe their own work; as of August 13, 2018, there are 319 works on [[AO3]] tagged "Squick."<ref>[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Squick/works/ Squick tag on AO3]. Accessed on August 13, 2018.</ref>