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'''Squick''' is a term commonly used in fannish discussion about [[fanworks]] or professional media that describes anything that is a deep-seated, visceral turn-off for the fan.  

'''Squick''' is a term commonly used in fannish discussion about [[fanworks]] or professional media that describes anything that is a deep-seated, visceral turn-off for the fan.  

The term was coined on the [[Usenet]] group [[alt.sex.bondage]] before 1995." <ref>[http://foresmutters.org/squick.html Squick] page at [[The Foresmutters Project]]] (accessed December 9, 2009)</ref> It is difficult to know when it attained enough popular use to be recognized in larger fandom spaces, but a fan in 1999 employed it in her comments regarding [[The Foresmutters Project]]. <ref> May 1999 at  [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.startrek.creative/foresmutters/alt.startrek.creative/nMGni1V4lO4/svzgAMygVhwJ alt.startrek.creative]; [https://archive.today/OYF0r WebCite] </ref>

According to [[The Foresmutters Project]], the term was coined on the [[Usenet]] group [[alt.sex.bondage]] before 1995."<ref name="foresmutters">[http://foresmutters.org/squick.html 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; alt.tasteless.jokes describes it as an onomatopoetic word for a particularly gruesome form of skullfucking.<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/251609.html?thread=1409375705#cmt1409375705 2017-04-14 comment] at [[fail_fandomanon]]</ref><ref>"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 insists 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"/>) It is difficult to know when it attained enough popular use to be recognized in larger fandom spaces, but a fan in 1999 employed it in [[alt.startrek.creative]] while discussing [[The Foresmutters Project]]. <ref> May 1999 at  [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.startrek.creative/foresmutters/alt.startrek.creative/nMGni1V4lO4/svzgAMygVhwJ alt.startrek.creative]; [https://archive.today/OYF0r WebCite] </ref>

Squicks may be shared by many fans or be specific to one; one person's [[kink]] may be another person's squick. It is more frequently used when discussing sexually [[explicit]] works or ones involving forms of violence.

Squicks may be shared by many fans or be specific to one; one person's [[kink]] may be another person's squick. It is more frequently used when discussing sexually [[explicit]] works or ones involving forms of violence.