squee

squee

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwiː/, [skwiː]

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: skweee

Verb

squee (third-person singular simple present squees, present participle squeeing, simple past and past participle squeed)

1. (informal) To squeal with excitement or delight.
   • 2011, "Spartakus", Anti-abortion terrorism nipped in the bud in Madison, WI (on newsgroup talk.abortion)

     Meanwhile on Usenet, a couple of anti-choicers are racing to out-stupid each other, squeeing like school children over something someone said.

   • 2012, Male Cat Stays By Female Cat's Side In Sickness And Health, Huffington Post

     On Tuesday, Reddit user lern41 got the Reddit community squeeing when he posted a few photos of his pet cats, Artemis and Apollo.

Interjection

squee

1. (informal) A squeal of excitement or delight.
   • 2001, "Susan", I got a hamster! Squee! (on Internet newsgroup alt.fan.digimon)
   • 2013, Peter Nowak, "There will be buttons: And other truths about the next-gen Xbox", The Globe and Mail, 17 May 2013:

     The new console will certainly have more powerful graphics, processor, hard drive and all those specs that really only nerdy writers for technology websites care about: “Ermahgerd, moar polygons! More frame rate! Squee!”

Usage notes

• Mostly used on the Internet and especially associated with fangirls.

Noun

squee (plural squees)

1. (informal) A cry of squee.
   • 2008, Dale North, JapanaTen: The top ten things anime cons could do without:

     It's just that the young female group squees seem to come at the most inopportune time. Sure enough, just about every time I'm on the phone — squee. Talking to someone important? Squee.

   • 2013 June 3, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Jun 3, 2013:

     "Oughta be more careful, El. Most people aren't accustomed to fanboyish squees." "Well, they aren't going to get used to it without exposure." "Fair 'nough."

   • 2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4371: Held In Reserve:

     "Forgive me. I am imagining the two of you as a couple and it is making me very happy. This must be the 'squee' emotion I have heard so much about." "That is the most dignified squee I've ever seen."

Anagrams

• -esque, eques