Kirk Samuelson » words http://kirksamuelson.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:00:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Squash is a vegetable http://kirksamuelson.com/2009/12/02/squash-is-a-vegetable/ http://kirksamuelson.com/2009/12/02/squash-is-a-vegetable/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:50:08 +0000 Kirk Samuelson http://kirksamuelson.com/?p=324 You can squash a bug but not a rumor. The action that is applied to a rumor, idea, revolt, or an indictment is quash not squash. Maybe you can squash a pumpkin, akin to smashing it, but you can’t squash a panic – unless you’re desperate for a pun:

The pumpkin paucity panic is squashed

However, you can quash a beef, if  ”beef” is synonymous with “quarrel”.

Wu-Tang Clan/ Slaughterhouse Beef Quashed At Rock The Bells

I won’t argue with that.


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