squirmish 

Either the U.S. military intervention in Libya, March 2011, or what happens when two worms get into a fight.

Sarah Palin: I haven't heard the President say that we are at war, and that's why I too am not knowing, do we use the term 'intervention'? Do we use 'war'? Do we use 'squirmish'? What is it?

Jon Stewart: Squirmish, huh? Well, that's either some sophisticated foreign policy analysis or what happens when worms get into a fight.

squirmish by HendrikVonDresden April 16, 2011

squirmish 

noun:

1. When worms have a fight.

2. When Sarah Palin doesn't know a word most third graders get right on their English Vocabulary test.

1. The squirmish was bloody victory for the larger worm, with many hearts lost on both sides. The loser dried into a crust on the sidewalk, where it was idly picked at by a bird.

2. Sarah Palin: "I haven't heard the president state that we're at war. That's why I too am not knowing - do we use the term intervention? Do we use war? Do we use squirmish? What is it?"

squirmish by Heligoland43 April 19, 2011

squirmish 

A word that a rural, inconsequential uneducated woman uses when trying to explain foreign policy decisions that are beyond her understanding and in a country outside the view of her porch.

...do we use the word war, do we use the word intervention, do we use the word squirmish?

squirmish by mados123 April 16, 2011

Squirmish 

(1) Sarah Palin trying to say skirmish (2) Two worms fighting each other

Sarah Palin, "Did you see that squirmish?"

Jon Stewart, "Two worms are fighting?"

Squirmish by 13thirtyseven April 25, 2011

squirmish 

A skirmish that makes Tea Partiers squeamish.

Sarah Palin was wondering if the situation in Libya was a war, or a squirmish.

squirmish by CryingPrunes April 14, 2011

Squirmish 

The word Sarah Palin confused with the word skirmish.

Sarah Palin was confused as to whether the action taken in Libya is an attack or a squirmish.

Squirmish by S Boss April 16, 2011

squirmish 

physically manifesting an emotional reaction to something perceived as disgusting; recoiling uncomfortably from something perceived as offensive; combination of squirmy and squeamish

The male doctor was squirmish about performing the circumcision.

squirmish by Laura Andes October 13, 2006