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the verbal equivalent of paper scissors: small, sharp, and weirdly satisfying to deploy.
means Curtly irritable or sharp in speech, giving short, cutting answers that signal impatience.
from From 'snip,' that brisk little word for a quick cut with scissors — itself likely borrowed from Dutch 'snippen,' to snip or cut. By the 19th century the verb had grown a personality: if a literal snip is a small sharp cut, a 'snippy' remark is the same gesture made with the tongue, clipping a conversation short.
- origin
- From snip, the quick cut of scissors
- timing
- Peaks when hungry, tired, or undercaffeinated
- length
- Always brief, that's the whole point
- cousin
- Sibling to curt, terse, and clipped
for instance
snippy the horse — the first cloned horse, created in italy in 2003 from arabian mare dna
snippy the colt — first documented ufo mutilation case near alamosa, colorado in 1967