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Squoze

Squoze

(OP)
I just finished my stint on jury duty, and I was surpised that a seemingly seasoned attorney/lawyer would use the term "squoze" as the past tense of "squeeze", both verbally and written.

Is there some 'leagalese' for the term I am unaware of?  Or were people just too polite to bring it up during a court session?

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RE: Squoze

I have been involved in a number of court cases, mostly also as a juror. I have found that lawers when in court are more concerned with the effect or thier presentation than the correctness of thier grammer. They will often use words conotatively rather than definitively, or colloquialisms, for the effect he wishes to achieve with the jurors.
I am sure in his written briefs, assuming he is compentent, were thoroughly vetted to insure each term was used correctly.
I remember a promiment attorney who used to come to court in a rural town in an older out of style suit, take his coat off and hook his thumbs under his suspenders and start his presentation with "Waall now , people----". In that time and that place it was very effective at engendering a warm feeling for him from the comunity from which the jury would be drawn.
Remember that lawyers are the larval form of politicians. There is no better place to practice thier skills at swaying people with thier speach, than with a dozen captive jurors, who must listen to him, then give him a grade on his style with thier vote at the end of the proceedings.

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Shaman2
'Remember that lawyers are the larval form of politicians' - Brilliant. A star

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Larval = maggot?

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That or worm...

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Good turn of a phrase, Shaman2.  I'll have to use that one on my friend, a paralegal.  She is considering going to law school because it's less slimey to become a 'maggot' than to work for one as their grunt.

MadMango.  What was the context of the use of the word?  Did someone choke of fresh-squoze orange juice, or get some body part squoze between two pieces of equipment?  Just curious.

"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!"

RE: Squoze

So the lemon has been squozen or squozed or squeezed or squeezen?

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Make sure the lemon is fresh before you subject it to squozification...

RE: Squoze

(OP)
It was a domestic violence case, the victim's throat was squoze by the defendant, no physical damage.

I can see the new ad campaigns now, "Florida Orange Juice, fresh squozed from the orchard to your table."

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RE: Squoze

casseopeia:

"Did someone choke of fresh-squoze orange juice, or get some body part squoze between two pieces of equipment?"

Interesting you should ask about "Squozen" body parts. If I recall correctly, The trial with the backwoods country lawyer concernd damages to be awarded to a young woman whose breast was "squoze" (squozed?, squozen?) by an elevator door which closed too forcibly.

Until then I was not even aware that there were standards for the speed and force with which an elevator door closed.

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4

There are neologisms introduced by the The Simpsons (TV) series. Among them squozen. The logic: if freeze → frozen, then squeeze → squozen.

Here are some samples on the same kind of reasoning:

If people of Poland are called "Poles", it is logical to call those from Holland, "Holes".

If the plural of mouse is mice, then the plural of house could be "hice".

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, it follows that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed and dry cleaners depressed.

RE: Squoze

Back to the original post, during the trial, did a witness use the term "squoze".  Perhaps the lawyer was quoting someone's testimony.

My favorite lawyer joke (told to me by a patent lawyer):

"I don't like to use Latin, per se...."

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(OP)
The defendant in my situation id not use the term squoze.

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Steven K. Roberts, Technomad
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RE: Squoze

Yes, elevator doors have not only a closing speed, but also sensors such that if there is any obstruction (think small child), the door will reverse and again.

"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."   
Albert Einstein
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I was squozed between a iraq and a hard place...

Tobalcane
"If you avoid failure, you also avoid success."

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To 25362

If pro is the opposite of con, is Congress the opposite of Progress?

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We can't compare them to leeches either, as they also have medical uses.

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Would a lawyer intentionally use an incorrect term describing his client's actions to divert attention away from his client's real actions?  Diversion and obfuscation.  Probably effective tactics.

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http://www.langmaker.com/db/Eng_squoze.htm

Quote:

squoze v. [Altered past tense of English squeezed. Note: This appeared in "The ways of many waters", 1909, by E.J Brady (1852-1952) (archived at the University of Sydney Library) in the sentence poem "I kissed her for her mother, I gev'er one, two, three, I squoze her for her brother."] Past tense of squeeze.

...larval form of politicians!
ROTFLMAO

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RE: Squoze

Are we doing lawyer jokes now?

If so:

Q:  What's the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?

A:  One's a sludge-sucking bottom feeder.  The other's a fish...

old field guy

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“Squoze, verb (past tense):  an alternate for squeeze.  Squeezed doesn't sound squishy enough, and squooshed sounds too squishy.  Usage:  "I squoze the toothpaste too hard, and it squooshed all over the place."

Most of us squoze the money at the end of the month and it almost doesn’t squoosh

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I've heard 'squoze' used a number of times but not as a past tense of squeeze.

"Squoze me, commin' through"

NozzleTwister
Houston, Texas

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Quote (25362):


If the plural of mouse is mice, then the plural of house could be "hice".

Does that make the plural of spouse spice?

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But presumably unless you live in remote parts of Utah or perhaps an Arab/Muslim country you'd have no need for the word spice as a spouse would be all you're allowed.

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"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same"

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RE: Squoze

Reminds me of a not too polite ditty a friend of mine used to recite - " he squeezed and he squosed but nothing arose" - the rest of the story is censored --

Naresuan University
Phitsanulok
Thailand

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If the plural of goose is geese, then the plural of moose is meese....

JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com

RE: Squoze

And the plural of choose is cheese

Cheers

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(OP)
Would that mean the plural of loose is leese?

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I am learning. Which one is right?

Forever Young

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The lawyer was paying homage to Steve Martin's L.A. Story:

Quote (Harris K. Telemacher):

I know there's something that would make you stay!  The right word, attitude, plan... but these are all tricks!  So let's forego that!  Let's assume that it happened, that my hand went down your throat, grabbed your heart and squoze it!

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How could you make a verb like loose and choose plural?  You meant loss and choice?

How do you quote someone anyway?  I dont know how to use this forum.

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COEngineer, note that "Process TGML" link right above the Submit Post button.

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The plural of "you", in Scotland, is "Yous". Presumably this follows from "ewe" and "ewes".
I suspect it exists elsewhere as well.

JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com

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The lawyer may have been smart; did he use colloquialisms typical to the makeup of the jury or the ethnicity (or sense of humor) of the judge?

Maybe a sort of an inside joke amongst rappers and "hip-hop dudes".

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His colloquialisms were "Good Ol'Boy"isms, calculated to build a sense of familiarity with the jury and invoke a "we versus them" response with himself and of course his client being in the "we" circle. His opponent being one of the "thems" (bigshot, city slicker, etc) and therefore at the disadvantage of having to prove himself as well as his case to the "Good people of the jury".

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