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Squish vs Contactus - What's the difference?

squish | contactus |

As nouns the difference between squish and contactus

is that squish is the sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed while contactus is the act of touching; contact, touch.

As a verb squish

is to squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).

squish

English

Noun

(es)
  • The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
  • (politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate (term used by conservative activists in the 1980s).
  • (rfv-sense) (informal) An aromantic or platonic attraction (by analogy with crush ).
  • * {{cite newsgroup
  • , title = A Transgendered Revolution! , author = Jennifer Usher , date = 1999 November 21 , newsgroup = soc.support.transgendered , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.support.transgendered/QCupiXaOXVI/OfWtcoP2snoJ , accessdate = 2015-01-03 }}
    WHY do you think I find it so disturbing? Diane having a squish on me.
  • * 2013 , Anonymous, " The 'A' in LGBT", Counterpoint (Wellesley College), Volume 35, Issue 1, September 2013, page 8:
  • After feeling these concerns, I was happy to learn about squishes and queerplatonic partners (also known as zucchinis, for some reason unclear to me).

    Verb

    (es)
  • To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
  • The sandwich tasted fine, even though it got squished in his lunchbox.

    Derived terms

    * squishy English onomatopoeias