Definitions
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- noun The act or general practice of
occupying a building or land illegally. - verb Present participle of
squat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
- noun the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
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Examples
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We hear also that the people have already in many instances exhibited that propensity common to the habits of common life, which we call squatting, and to which we have always looked forward as one of the evils likely to accompany their emancipation, and calling for the earliest and most serious attention of our Legislature.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Never once was the blind man impatient, while he spent hours each day in squatting on his hams and petting Jerry.
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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I later found out this was called 'squatting,' and it had been done successfully by other very low-income families and later transformed through several forms of resistance into something called 'homesteading.'
Steve Heilig: Poverty: The Most Common Crime? Steve Heilig 2012
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I later found out this was called 'squatting,' and it had been done successfully by other very low-income families and later transformed through several forms of resistance into something called 'homesteading.'
Steve Heilig: Poverty: The Most Common Crime? Steve Heilig 2012
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Brandjacking/Twitter-squatting is an important subject.
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Never once was the blind man impatient, while he spent hours each day in squatting on his hams and petting Jerry.
CHAPTER XVII 2010
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Brandjacking/social media squatting is certainly a serious issue from the POV of users being mis-led or even robbed; but as the Isakson case (and many others) demonstrate, openness and flexibility can have huge benefits, and these can flow in many directions.
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We've already talked about people walking away from underwater mortgages, but it looks like good ol' fashioned long-term squatting might be back in vogue, since there is now plenty of property to walk in to.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2010
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Amen, I absolutely hate domain squatting and the like.
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As to the name squatting thing, yes, these guys are trying to get away with robbery, but just about everyody is a little bit at fault here.
A Couple iPhone Apps Named “Twitter” Are Tricking Users MG Siegler 2005
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