Word of the Week: Absquatulate

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The word of the week is absquatulate.

ab·squat·u·late
/æb.ˈskwɑtʃ.ʊ.leɪt/

Verb
Mock-Latinate formation, purporting to mean “to go off and squat elsewhere”.

1. To depart in a hurry; abscond.
2. To die.

Etymology
Blended jocular mock-Latin word. Probably made up of the following parts: Latin ab- (“away (from)”), (maybe taken from English abscond), English -ate (maybe taken from English perambulate, and the middle portion, “squatul”, which might be a derivation of English squattle (“depart”), or squat.

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