Silence or Kiss
He bit his lower lip and laughed and patted my hand.
"That's new to my ears," he said.
"It's a squammy word, sir. We use some English words that we use based on the pronunciation of how we say it. Even with the time freeze, we're used to timers, so that's what we use. In other words , slang, "I explained at length.
He seems amazed with what I said. It was as if he had just heard the words I said.
"What's that word? S-Squam, shit, that word, something like squammy?"