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==Origin==

==Origin==

According to [[The Foresmutters Project]], the term was coined on the [[Usenet]] group [[alt.sex.bondage]] before 1995."<ref name="foresmutters">[https://web.archive.org/web/20010223054348/http://www.eclipse.net/~mecurtin/foresmut/squick.htm Squick]<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20070107234151/http://www.foresmutters.org/squick.html The Foresmutters Project

According to [[The Foresmutters Project]], the term was coined on the [[Usenet]] group [[alt.sex.bondage]] before 1995."<ref name="foresmutters">[https://web.archive.org/web/20010223054348/http://www.eclipse.net/~mecurtin/foresmut/squick.htm Squick] page at [[The Foresmutters Project]] (accessed December 9, 2009)</ref> [[Fail_Fandomanon]] cites alt.tasteless.jokes in 1993 as the source of the term;<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/251609.html?thread=1409375705#cmt1409375705 2017-04-14 comment] at [[fail_fandomanon]]</ref> alt.tasteless.jokes describes it as an onomatopoetic word for a particularly gruesome variation on skullfucking<ref>Contrary to popular belief, it does not involve eyesocket fucking, but does involve trepanning. "Geoff Miller comments: I posted that a year ago, and I *made it up!*" [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.tasteless.jokes/aV6-w4oApNk/NgOkeGEvIpUJ Welcome to alt.tasteless! (Monthly Posting)], posted by James Limmer on 19 April 1993.</ref>. The Foresmutters Project states that, "There are various revolting descriptions of 'what is a squick' floating around the 'net (many propogated from alt.tasteless), but my research indicates that the original usage was, 'someone else's kink.'"<ref name="foresmutters"/> The Wiktionary page for the term cites its origins in alt.sex.bondage, and mentions that it was popularized in alt.tasteless.<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/squick/ Squick]. Last updated on January 21, 2016. Accessed on August 13, 2018.</ref>

for the history of Slash: "squick"] </ref> page at [[The Foresmutters Project]] (accessed December 9, 2009)</ref> [[Fail_Fandomanon]] cites alt.tasteless.jokes in 1993 as the source of the term;<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/251609.html?thread=1409375705#cmt1409375705 2017-04-14 comment] at [[fail_fandomanon]]</ref> alt.tasteless.jokes describes it as an onomatopoetic word for a particularly gruesome variation on skullfucking<ref>Contrary to popular belief, it does not involve eyesocket fucking, but does involve trepanning. "Geoff Miller comments: I posted that a year ago, and I *made it up!*" [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.tasteless.jokes/aV6-w4oApNk/NgOkeGEvIpUJ Welcome to alt.tasteless! (Monthly Posting)], posted by James Limmer on 19 April 1993.</ref>. The Foresmutters Project states that, "There are various revolting descriptions of 'what is a squick' floating around the 'net (many propogated from alt.tasteless), but my research indicates that the original usage was, 'someone else's kink.'"<ref name="foresmutters"/> The Wiktionary page for the term cites its origins in alt.sex.bondage, and mentions that it was popularized in alt.tasteless.<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/squick/ Squick]. Last updated on January 21, 2016. Accessed on August 13, 2018.</ref>

One fan recalled the term's non-fannish origins in the [[BDSM]] community:

One fan recalled the term's non-fannish origins in the [[BDSM]] community: