Squish vs Spongy - What's the difference?
squish | spongy |
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 ).
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* 2013 , Anonymous, "
To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous
Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
* Shakespeare
As a noun squish
is the sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.As a verb squish
is to squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).As an adjective spongy is
having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.squish
English
Noun
(es)- WHY do you think I find it so disturbing? Diane having a squish on me.
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)- The sandwich tasted fine, even though it got squished in his lunchbox.
Derived terms
* squishy English onomatopoeiasspongy
English
Alternative forms
* spongeyAdjective
(er)- spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones
- spongy April