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Who made up the word squoze?

The word "squoze" is not a standard English word. It's a nonstandard, dialectal form of the past tense and past participle of the verb "squeeze".

While it's not clear who first used "squoze", it likely arose from a natural process of language change, where speakers create new words or forms based on existing ones.

Here's why it's considered nonstandard:

* Standard English uses "squeezed": This is the grammatically correct past tense and past participle of "squeeze".

* "Squoze" is often used in informal settings: It's more common in certain dialects or regional varieties of English.

So, "squoze" wasn't invented by anyone specific, but rather emerged through the evolution of language use in certain communities.

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