Squid vs Human - What's the difference?
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Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
(mildly, pejorative) A sailor in the Navy.
(UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
(slang, motorcycling, pejorative) A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.
* "In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."1
* "squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"2
(notcomp) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 * 2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.,
A human being, whether man, woman or child.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= (lb) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.
* 2013 , Biosocial Becomings (ISBN 110702563X), page 19:
* 1911 , The collected works of Ambrose Bierce , volume 9, page 362:
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As a noun squid
is , a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields.As an adjective human is
(label) classical (of or pertaining to the classical - latin, greek - languages, literature, history and philosophy).squid
English
(wikipedia squid)Etymology 1
. Perhaps related to (squirt)Noun
(en-noun)- Can you lend me five squid ? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
Derived terms
* arrow squid * broad squid * colossal squid * giant squid * jumbo squid * squidhoundSee also
* (wikipedia) * calamari * cuttlefish * octopusEtymology 2
Possibly a blend of (stupid) and (quick); "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym Derived from "squirrelly kid"Noun
(en noun)References
* Harrison, Greg.Son of Squid. American Motorcyclist. Vol. 41, No. 8. ISSN 0277-9358. p. 5. Aug 1987 * Hough, David L. (2000),
Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well(2nd ed.), USA: BowTie Press, p. 253, ISBN 1889540536, 9781889540535, p. 253.
human
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}
citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’]'', ''Business World'', ''[[w:The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal],
- Google wouldn't be human if it didn't want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* human behaviour * human being * human botfly * human capital * human chattel * human chorionic gonadotropin * human-computer interaction * human condition * human death * human development * Human Genome Project * human immunodeficiency virus * human insulin * human interest * humanism * humanist * humanization * humanize * humanizer * human knot * human kind, humankind * humanly * human movement * human nature * humanoid * human papillomavirus * human pyramid * human race * human relations * human resources (HR) * human rights * human trafficking * inhuman * inhumane * nonhuman, non-human * to err is human (human)Noun
(en noun)Katie L. Burke
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Verb
(en verb)- There are, then, many ways of humaning : these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.