Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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snooze[snuz] 1. in. to sleep; to take a lit-
tle nap. You can’t snooze every after-
noon! I snoozed a little bit before the
party. 2. n. a little nap. I need a little
snooze. Why not go up and take a little
snooze? 3. n. something that is boring
enough to put someone to sleep. The
play was a snooze. I left before it was over.
It wasn’t a lecture; it was a snooze.


snork[snork] in. to smoke marijuana or
hashish. (Drugs.) Let’s get down to
some serious snorking. They snorked
until they could snork no more.


snort 1. tv. & in. to sniff (insufflate) a
powdered drug, now usually cocaine.
(Drugs.) Here, snort this. Yo u’r e
snorting every time I see you. 2. n. a nasal
dose of a drug, usually cocaine. Here,
take a snort. I don’t want a snort. I’m
clean, and I’m going to stay that way.


snot 1. n. nasal mucus. (Crude.) Oh,
God, there’s snot on your cheek. He
sneezed and got snot all over the newspa-
per. 2. n. a nasty person; an obnoxious
person. (Rude and derogatory.) Yo u
needn’t be such a snot about it. What a
snot!


snotnose(d) kid and snotnosen. a young
child; a relatively young person. (Rude
and derogatory.) Some little snotnose
swiped my wallet. A little snotnosed kid
came in and asked for money.


snotragn. a handkerchief. (Usually objec-
tionable.) I guess I should use my snot-
rag. Don’t you carry a snotrag?


snottedmod. very drunk. She gets totally
snotted almost every night. That guy
was really snotted!


snotty and snottie[“snadi]1. mod. nasty
with nasal mucus. (Usually objection-
able.) Keep your snotty old handkerchief
to yourself. Don’t leave your snotty tis-
sues all over the house! 2. mod. bitchy;
rude. (Usually objectionable.) What
makes her so snotty? What a snotty
waiter! Now, there’s no reason to get
snottie with me.


snow 1. n. deceitful talk; deception. No
snow, okay? I want straight talk. All I
heard for an hour was snow. Now, what’s


the truth? 2. tv. to attempt to deceive
someone. (See also snowed.) Don’t try
to snow me! You can try to snow me if
you want, but I’m onto your tricks. 3. and
snowball; snowflakes; snow stuffn.
a powdered or crystalline narcotic: mor-
phine, heroin, or cocaine. (Now almost
always the latter.) Now, snow is almost
old-fashioned. The price of snow has
come down a lot as South America exports
more of it.
snowball 1. in. to grow at an increasing
rate. (As a snowball rolling down a hill
might increase in size.) The problem
began to snowball, and we had to close
down for a while. Offers to help with
money and prayers began to snowball, and
we had to get volunteers to help answer the
phones. 2. Go to snow.
snowball’s chance in helln. a very poor
chance. (Usually in the negative.) She
doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of
getting it done on time. I know I don’t
have a snowball’s chance in hell, but I’ll try
anyway.
snow bunny 1. n. someone learning to ski.
This little slope is for snow bunnies. 
Most of the snow bunnies come here to so-
cialize. 2. n. a female skier. Some cute
little snow bunny came over and sat beside
me. This place is swarming with snow
bunnies who have never even seen a ski.


  1. n. a cocaine user. How can these sub-
    urban snow bunnies afford such big habits?
    He used to smoke pot, now he’s a snow
    bunny.
    snowedmod. deceived. He was one
    snowed coach. He still doesn’t know what
    really happened. We really had him
    snowed!
    snowflakesGo to snow.
    snow jobn. a systematic deception. Yo u
    can generally tell when a student is trying
    to do a snow job. This snow job you call
    an explanation just won’t do.
    snow stuffGo to snow.
    snozzled[“snazld] mod. alcohol intoxi-
    cated. How can anybody be so snozzled
    on four beers? Those guys are really
    snozzled!


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