Squeezal

The other week Tom and I were watching a TV show on the Travel Channel (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations for those who are interested). It was an interesting show about this guy traveling to the most remote parts of Vietnam.

At one point, his guide takes him to a village where there is a "cafe" which was not normally open that day. The guide talked to the owner and soon returned to tell Mr. Bourdain that they would open the cafe and would be serving *!^*E&# (something in Vietnamese I did not catch). The traveller turned to the guide and asked, "What's *!^*E&#?" to which the guide replied, "Its like, uh, squeezal." What's a squeezal?!?!?

Eventually he figured out squeezal is porcupine, but that doesn't change the fact that I just love the word squeezal. Squeezal squeezal squeezal!