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snippity

snippity is the alternative form of snippety.

Meaning of snippety

Adjective

snippety (comparative more snippety, superlative most snippety)

  1. Made up of short snippets.
    • Near-synonym: choppy
    Synonyms:
    snippy, snipped, choppy
  2. Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
    • “He tole that little snippity nurse of his’n to give me ten dollars and make me sign a ‘paid in full’ receipt […]”1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 24, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 164
    Synonyms:
    snippy, snitty

Interjection

snippity

  1. (Internet, humorous) Indicates snipping (removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message).
    • >[snippity snippity snippity snippity snippity]
      >
      >Really, you win. I fall at your feet. I am dumbfounded (dumbfounded -- that >should leave you with quite the opening for a witty response).
      If I thought you could appreciate wit, I'd send you some. Really. You could use some wits. Just go back to...1996 July 17, Michael Martinez, “your lucky day, gija...”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet)
    • >Purpose of this Document
      >========================
      [snippity]1998 April 29, Phil Addison, “PLEASE READ AND COMMENT - NEW FAQ1”, in uk.d-i-y (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    snippers

Synonyms of snippity

Forms of snippity

comparativemore snippity
superlativemost snippity

Origin of snippity

From snip + -ity.

Questions about snippity

What does snippity mean?
Snippity means indicates snipping (removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message).
What is snippity the alternative form of?
Snippity is the alternative form of snippety.
What part of speech is snippity?
Snippity is an interjection.

Words near snippity in the dictionary

  1. snippily
  2. snippiness
  3. snipping
  4. snippings
  5. snippish
  6. snippity
  7. snippock
  8. snippocks
  9. snippy
  10. snippy snip
  11. snippy snips

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snippity (page history and authors); snippety (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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