Absquatulation
to flee; abscond:
the old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel.
verb
(intransitive) to leave; decamp
noun
the action of going away suddenly and squatting somewhere; making off, decamping
examples
if the actress does not make an appearance soon, her fans will imagine a total absquatulation.
word origin
an americanism simulating a latin formulation
v.
1837, “facetious u.s. coinage” [weekley], perhaps rooted in mock-latin negation of squat “to settle.” said to have been used by the u.s. western character “nimrod wildfire” in the play “the kentuckian,” as re-written by british author william b. bernard and staged in london in 1833. related: absquatulated; absquatulating.
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