Word of the Day

I don’t remember the first time that I heard the term ‘squish’ to describe a person but when I did in context it was just perfect. Scouring the interwebs and settling at the most logical location, Urban Dictionary, for a proper definition I was disappointed to find that in 4 pages of entries the closest that I could find was:

Someone who is extremely disproportional or just unattractive in general.

One thing that is great about Urban Dictionary is that users can add definitions so while disappointed I was also heartened to learn that I could define it just right. So, who exactly is a squish?

I am lucky to know someone who fits the definition to a squish perfectly. My first definition for a squish is for those people who never think about it that way but use a common turn of phrase:

A squish is a person who is often described with the caveat: (But) they are a nice person.

This caveat is inevitably preceded or followed by the description of an unattractive quality of that person. Imagine the type of person who has never grown up but not in the quaint Peter Pan lost boy kind of way, but in the pathetic kind of way. The type of person who is of an adult age but has never learned to be self reliant in any way shape or form. The kind of person who resents anyone else for their ability to be self-sufficient. A person who suffers from such low self esteem that any comment, compliment or criticism towards them is rebuted with a sissyish and immature response because that person cannot differentiate comments and believes that everyone views them in a negative light. The type of person who is completely dependent on another person, be it a parent or a significant other and resents that they have no decision making authority but has neither the desire nor will to do anything about it.

Basically, a squish is the perfect description for the pathetic loser of a person who honestly believes that their miserable lot in life is entirely to blame on nebulous circumstances or they who keep them down. They are everywhere and most everyone knows one. I have lost my patience recently with a squish. They can be nice people but it gets to a point where pathetic is and will always be the best way to describe the person.