Squid vs Squit - 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
(derogatory, informal, countable) A person of low status.
* 1989 , Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, Blackadder Goes Forth (episode "Goodbyeee"):
(Norfolk, uncountable) Nonsense; amusing stories.
(internet) To disconnect (an IRC server) from a network.
* 1994 , "Bernhard Lorenz", ChanOp for Irc Opers'' (on newsgroup ''alt.irc )
* 1996 , "Jesse", A warning to all irc users'' (on newsgroup ''alt.irc )
As nouns the difference between squid and squit
is that squid is any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles while squit is a person of low status.As a verb squit is
to disconnect (an IRC server) from a network.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.
squit
English
Etymology 1
Noun
- Not a favourite son, of course — Lord, no! — more a sort of illegitimate backstairs sort of sprog, you know: a sort of spotty squit that nobody really likes.
Etymology 2
Short for server quit .Verb
- these problems solved themselves atfter(SIC) some 10 minutes or so, without an ircop interferring(SIC) into channel affairs by squitting his/her server to gain chanop status.
- Today, I was awakened by a call from one of my IRC ops, telling me that my net had been 'taken over'. An ircop had squitted all the servers, and had a script that kept them disconnected from the net.