squint

squint
 n.— «Booth allows her to participate in all facets of a murder investigation, not just the forensic research, the only duties with which “squints,” as he dubs scientists, are usually entrusted. “We’re Scully and Mulder,” he tells her.» —“From sci-fi detection to acerbic medicine” by David Kronke San Bernardino County Sun (California) Sept. 12, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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