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MUSCOVITE Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
to squat
Hi,
According to my dictionary this verb has two meanings:
(1) to sit with your knees bent under you
(2) to live in a house without permission and without paying rent
I wonder if (2) is somehow "connected" with (1)? ... or maybe the two verbs are just homographs?
I guess squatting became common only in the second half of the last century?
mus-te
According to my dictionary this verb has two meanings:
(1) to sit with your knees bent under you
(2) to live in a house without permission and without paying rent
I wonder if (2) is somehow "connected" with (1)? ... or maybe the two verbs are just homographs?
I guess squatting became common only in the second half of the last century?
mus-te
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You can probably find something more authoritative, but I imagine those who are illegally occupying a building in a squatting position, as if not ready to walk away.
- You can probably find something more authoritative, but I imagine those who are illegally occupying a building in a squatting position, as if not ready to walk away.
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You can probably find something more authoritative, but I imagine those who are illegally occupying a building in a squatting position, as if not ready to walk away.
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The second one might come from the colloquial phrase, "squat right down there," as in "Squat right down there a minute while finish this." This means "wait there," not necessarily in an actual squat, more likely in a sitting position. But house squatters literally "squat right down there" and never leave.
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