So where in the world is Nina Hartley ...?

[Richard Ryan]

My understanding was that "squicking" was the practice
of drilling a hole in one's lover's skull and then -
literally - fucking his/her brains out.  It seems to
me that "to gross out; to disgust" is a synedochic
extension from the more specific cerebro-coital
practice.

Fond regards,
RR


--- Daniel Harper <daniel.e.harper at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/21/07, mikebailey <mikebailey at speakeasy.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > that was Daniel Harper's contribution - though he
> was agreeing with
> > my sentiment (ewww) -- note that this bit of
> vocabulary is a
> > neologism and gives props to his thesis on youth
> and age...
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry, I didn't even really realize that the word
> would cause confusion. I'm
> not sure I'd ever used it before myself, but I've
> seen it often enough that
> I felt comfortable using it.
> 
> There's a layer of meaning not covered above that I
> think is important here.
> The word is often used describing things like, say,
> spiders and mice and
> things that people might find "icky," but it's also
> used in discussing
> sexual content that is kinky or goes beyond some
> people's comfort level in
> some way. It indicates that the mentioned sexual
> practice isn't something
> you yourself are interested in, without necessarily
> insulting the people who
> _do_ participate in or otherwise enjoy that
> practice.
> 
> For instance, "I'm into cosplay and femdom, but I'm
> squicked out by rape
> fantasies and scat." (This may or may not represent
> my own position, it's
> just an example sentence.)
> 
> Or, "Electricity squicks me."
> 
> In this context, my usage of the word in regards to
> Bryan I think becomes
> more clear -- Bryan is "squicked" by porn in
> general, which I disagree with
> but am readily able to accept, but also seems to
> extend that "squicked out"
> feeling to believing that porn is harmful to
> relationships, et cetera. (I'm
> not trying to beat up on Bryan -- I haven't met him
> -- but there are lots
> and lots of people out there who find it easy to go
> from, "that thing makes
> me uncomfortable," to, "that thing is overtly
> hurtful to such-and-such a
> group, and should be censored/banned/whatever."
> 
> As much hot water as Pynchon has gotten in over his
> novels, it seems that a
> member of a list dedicated to talking about him
> would be among the last
> people I'd expect to have a serious problem with
> this issue.
> 
> 
> very sorry about the relationship pain, Daniel,
> hopefully it is
> > karma's way of clearing the deck for something
> better...
> 
> 
> I don't believe in karma. But I appreciate the
> sentiment nonetheless.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 20 May 2007, Bryan Snyder wrote:
> >
> > > Lol - I totally missed that... what a drop of
> diction!
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
> [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Ya Sam
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 8:05 AM
> > > To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> > > Subject: Re: So where in the world is Nina
> Hartley ...?
> > >
> > > Mike's thought that P might simply
> > > >be
> > > >squicked out by publicly commenting on his
> niece's career ...
> > >
> > > That's what I love P-list. People, you're
> expanding my vocabulary.
> > >
> > > squick (verb)
> > >
> > >
> > > Entry: squick
> > > Function: verb
> > > Definition: to bring displeasure, to "gross one
> out"; to perform an
> > action
> > > that makes other people cringe in disgust; to
> suggest something of a
> > > displeasurable nature
> > > Word History: Invented, 2002.
> > > Sample sentence: <Stacey squicked Ani by showing
> her fresh wound.>
> > >
> > >
>
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