Comments on: What’s a squib? https://www.publicationcoach.com/squib/ & Gray-Grant Communications Thu, 08 Jun 2023 23:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/squib/#comment-1081 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:32:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=3155#comment-1081 In reply to Bob.

I didn’t know that! Interesting point about the onomatopoeia.

]]> By: Bob https://www.publicationcoach.com/squib/#comment-1080 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:37:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=3155#comment-1080 In Britain, squibs are (or were anyway) the most common fireworks. They hissed before exploding, and if you say the word with a long sss, it is easy to assume it is onomatopoeic.

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