Welcome to our new feature, Slang of the Week. Every week we’d like to share with you a phrase from our shared vocabulary. Some of these phrases and terms are available in the Urban Dictionary, some are not. This week’s term is squirrel. Nick and I have had this one in heavy rotation for a couple years now. Don’t be afraid to use it.
squir·rel [skwur-uh
l, skwuhr-uhl, skwir-uhl] noun, plural -rels, (especially collectively) -rel, adjective, -rely.
-noun
1. an attractive female: Cindy Crawford is a total squirrel!
-adjective
2. resembling or possessing the traits of an attractive female, mainly in appearance: The checkout girl at the record store is looking kind of squirrely today.
[Origin: 2004 Pittsburgh, PA. from an observation by Matt Johnson that attractive girls are like squirrels because 'they like nuts']
formatting shamelessly stolen from dictionary.com
this is a beautiful post. i’m so glad you did this one instead of me.
haha. thanks. i’ve been promoting and spreading squirrel out here for a while. a few kids are up on it now.