# I don't like 'squatch'.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-squatch/643314>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 7, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-squatch/643314 "2012-12-07T17:16:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-squatch/643314/21 "2012-12-10T17:56:04Z")

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> [@The\_Surb](#):
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> I think it’s because the sound of the word is objectionable. Like it should be used in the following manner:
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> “I couldn’t sleep I kept squatching all night”  
> Or  
> “have you seen her squatch, it’s damn nasty”  
> Or  
> “I can’t wear underbritches, my privates has got the squatch and I can’t get rid of it”

I’ll never be able to see those commercials again without thinking of this.

“I do believe there’s a squatch in these woods…”

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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-squatch/643314/22 "2012-12-10T18:50:57Z")

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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> “Finding Bigfoot” on Animal Planet I believe.

Even if they ever do find Bigfoot on that show, I’d wager 5,000 squatchloos that they would all have to be destroyed.

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-squatch/643314/23 "2012-12-10T19:29:21Z")

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> [@Furious\_Marmot](#):
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> Sasquatch doesn’t like it when people give him nicknames.Maybe their just messin’ with him.

On a related note, one of Letterman’s earliest Top Ten Lists was “Bigfoot’s Top Ten Pet Peeves.” The one I always remember is: “His driver’s license photo makes him look like Gregg Allman.”

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-squatch/643314/24 "2012-12-10T20:25:23Z")

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> [@Push\_You\_Down](#):
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> Favorite quote “Power lines are like Sasquatch highways!”
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> I’d sooner say Bigfoot than 'Squatch. 'squatch is the ridiculous old Seattle Sonics mascot.

I thought that was the [Weedle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheedle).

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