Squirreling
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Squirreling is the storing, hoarding or saving something against the day it will be scarce or otherwise be difficult to find in the future. Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) are one of the better known rodents that store nuts and other foods away before winter sets in, which inspired the word.
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[edit] Debate usage
In competitive debate jargon, "squirreling" means voting for the losing team on a multi-judge panel. (In a three-judge panel in which two vote negative and one votes affirmative, the affirmative-voting judge is said to have squirreled.)
[edit] Scientology usage
In Scientology, squirreling is the expression used for the alteration or misapplication of the texts of Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard (and is considered a "high crime").
A "squirrel group" is an organised group of such people. Some Scientologists, no longer active in the Church of Scientology, consider the Church itself to be a squirrel group.
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- L. Ron Hubbard: HCO PL 25 Jan 1971, Squirrel Admin (Org Series 22)
