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Line 5: − − 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;<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 form of skullfucking<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> − − According to Fail_Fandomanon, a [[Harry Potter]] fic posted on LiveJournal in 2003<ref>{{source| url = http://nostrademons.livejournal.com/33411.html | title = *squick* Squickfic | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170417133108/http://nostrademons.livejournal.com/33411.html | archivedate = 2017-04-17 }}, posted by nostrademons, 7 May 2003. (Don't read it if you are remotely sensitive. It is written deliberately to be disturbing.)</ref> was "the fic that defined squick. The term was around [before fandom got hold of it], but this is '''the''' squick fic that made the usage of the word common and widely understood in fandom."<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/251609.html?thread=1409382617#cmt1409382617 2017-04-14 comment] in fail_fandomanon</ref> The fic included the sex act described in alt.tasteless.jokes's definition of the word squick. Line 17:
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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.
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.
In the 2010s, the term seems to be less popular, to the point where a 2016 Tumblr post lamented the loss of the "old fandom term".<ref name="desertneon1"/> On the other hand, the post generated over 25,000 notes, so maybe rumors of ''squick'''s death are greatly exaggerated.
In the 2010s, the term seems to be less popular, to the point where a 2016 Tumblr post lamented the loss of the "old fandom term".<ref name="desertneon1"/> On the other hand, the post generated over 25,000 notes, so maybe rumors of ''squick'''s death are greatly exaggerated.
==Origin==
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;<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 form of skullfucking<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>
According to Fail_Fandomanon, a [[Harry Potter]] fic posted on LiveJournal in 2003<ref>{{source| url = http://nostrademons.livejournal.com/33411.html | title = *squick* Squickfic | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170417133108/http://nostrademons.livejournal.com/33411.html | archivedate = 2017-04-17 }}, posted by nostrademons, 7 May 2003. (Don't read it if you are remotely sensitive. It is written deliberately to be disturbing.)</ref> was "the fic that defined squick. The term was around [before fandom got hold of it], but this is '''the''' squick fic that made the usage of the word common and widely understood in fandom."<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/251609.html?thread=1409382617#cmt1409382617 2017-04-14 comment] in fail_fandomanon</ref> The fic included the sex act described in alt.tasteless.jokes's definition of the word squick.
==Some Definitions==
==Some Definitions==