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  • noun The state or quality of being squishy.

Etymologies

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squishy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • The danger, writes author Karen Armstrong in London's Guardian, the chief repository of British media squishiness, is that Islamic violence is merely a myth fed by papal indulgence: "We may even be strengthening [the myth] by falling back into our old habits of projection."

    Sound Politics: Pope Benedict Hits His Mark 2006

  • However, that sort of variable is what I call "squishiness", which I have no idea how to render in a mathematical formula.

    Your Newest Fantasy Debuter Tia Nevitt 2008

  • * ABDmom, I think you could handle this recipe if you used the "petite diced" tomatoes, since they eliminate the "squishiness" of regular cut tomatoes.

    Wednesday Recipes 2006

  • And maybe we have to find our voices and be honest -- about the potential for "squishiness," even.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Fighting Words tanita davis 2008

  • Last April, the Horn Book Blog did its usual "pour trail of gunpowder, light match, stand back and look thoughtful" thing and made a statement about the "squishiness" in children's book reviewing.

    Archive 2008-07-01 a. fortis 2008

  • Last April, the Horn Book Blog did its usual "pour trail of gunpowder, light match, stand back and look thoughtful" thing and made a statement about the "squishiness" in children's book reviewing.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Fighting Words tanita davis 2008

  • * ABDmom, I think you could handle this recipe if you used the "petite diced" tomatoes, since they eliminate the "squishiness" of regular cut tomatoes.

    Archive 2006-05-01 2006

  • And maybe we have to find our voices and be honest -- about the potential for "squishiness," even.

    Archive 2008-07-01 a. fortis 2008

  • This is about being deliberate about commitments, specific about what you're committing to, and trying to root out "squishiness" and weasel words in your commitments.

    Genuine Curiosity by Dwayne Melancon 2010

  • This is about being deliberate about commitments, specific about what you're committing to, and trying to root out "squishiness" and weasel words in your commitments.

    Genuine Curiosity by Dwayne Melancon 2010

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