It is one of the first things someone says in a kitteh thread.
I am prone to being inspired to make up words in the presence of a small feline, so maybe that’s it.
Squee(e . . . ) is the representation of a semi-coherent squeel (<notice the similarity) of joy. Not everyone gets semi-coherent over pictures of kittens, but most of us get close enough to understand the impulse.
Congratulations on little Bibble and remember to post pictures. So we can squee.
Awwwww, that looks like Mini or Moo (the youngest batch of kittens from Mr. Moo Cow, were named Eeny, Meeny, Mini and Moo) – they both have those same markings. I should post some new piccies of the kittens. We still have 7 looking for homes.
The first time I ever encountered “squee” in print was in 1964, when a teen-girl-oriented magazine (I think it was TigerBeat) called the Beatles “The Sultans of Squee,” referring to the squealing of the young female fans in the audience. I thought “squee” was a hilarious word, and I used it often in the 1960s. I’ve heard it used in reference to various types of fangirls (Trekkers in particular). The association with cats came within the last decade, as I recall. Not only does “squee” describe the reaction to a kute kitteh, but it can also describe the mewling sound that the kitteh makes. Onomatosquoeia.
I starts in the back of the throat, and works it’s way to your lips. At this point it leaps across the room at the speed of sound to connect with everybody’s raw nerve.