Comments on Puzzle #9810: Word for the Day: Absquatulate
By Teresa K (fasstar)
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#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jul 29, 2010
I found this one in the Alpha Dictionary.#2: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jul 29, 2010
http://www.alphadictionary.com ...
Absquatulate was dreamed up in the middle of the 19th century by connecting the Latin prefix ab- "away (from)" to the English verb squat and a couple more Latin suffixes to make it sound highly technical.
If you find it difficult to get someone to leave you alone and you want to get their attention, try: "Benny, I'm tired of telling you to leave me alone; now, absquatulate before I do something drastic." The word itself should frighten Benny away. Since this word begins with the prefix ab- "away (from)," it has been used in the sense of "abscond": "Duffy seems to have absquatulated with my date while I was in the bathroom; would you like to dance?" Probably not with anyone who talks like that.
nice image and it captures the word nicely#3: Jane Doe (telly) on Jul 29, 2010
he appears "sneaky sneaky"
it looks like a bandit
or one of the spy vs spy guys
fun once again.#4: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jul 30, 2010 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#5: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jul 30, 2010 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#6: Liz P (Lizteach) on Jul 30, 2010
I love these.#7: Linda Martin (ilovethispuzzle123) on Jul 30, 2010
this was too much fun! i love the word and the illustration is perfect. love the trenchcoat, too.#8: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jul 30, 2010 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#9: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on Jul 30, 2010
maybe that is you under the mask Tom? Great puzzle Teresa!#10: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jul 30, 2010 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#11: Alison Deem (Indigo) on Jul 30, 2010
A whip? Where did that come from? A whip would scare me away much more than the word absquatulate any day. Wonder why the word "squat" is used in a word that means taking off. Squat away!? Maybe it means squat anywhere but here. What if a bunch of squatters get up and go, is it absquatulation?#12: Jota (jota) on Jul 30, 2010
Excellent!#13: Trish (tryingmysoul) on Aug 11, 2010
I thought I had done them all. Glad I found this one. Great stuff.#14: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Aug 17, 2013
Loved this puzzle and the definition. :)#15: Susan (Susan) on May 10, 2017
Great puzzle. Wonder if I can find occasion enough to use the word, in order to actually learn it. 😊#16: Teresa K (fasstar) on May 10, 2017
😊 Thanks, Susan. I like your little happy face.#17: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on May 11, 2017
me to 😊#18: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Jan 15, 2018
My first thought when I saw the word was, "Sounds painful." While solving, it looked like he guy was gonna be really short so I thought it might have something to do with making oneself look shorter than one really is, like one could do by squatting. Apparently it has nothing to do with that.#19: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 16, 2018
Aurelian, you are probably not old enough to remember Spy vs. Spy (from MAD Magazine).#20: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Feb 14, 2018
https://mikescollection.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/clarke-spyvspy-mad288.jpg
Hmm, they look vaguely familiar, but not like anything I could have fully remembered on my own. Good link, though. I'm sure that captures the back and forth 1upping that each of them do to the other all the time, I presume.
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