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snippy snips

snippy snips is the plural of snippy snip.

Meaning of snippy snip

Noun

snippy snip (plural snippy snips)

  1. (humorous) A cut or incision.
    • The problem with Barb's haircuts is her hair stylist cuts her hair with a microscope. He goes, "A snippy snip here, and a snippy snip there—that will be 30 dollars, please."1999, Chuck Snyder, Barb Snyder, Incompatibility: Still Grounds for a Great Marriage, Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Publishers, →ISBN, page 157
    1. (euphemistic, humorous, specifically) A vasectomy.
      • So then, women get to force you guys to have a vasectomy. Fair is fair, right? Legally *force* you to go in for a little snippy snip?2003 January 31, Sharon B, “Martha's quest for male abandoners, was Re: Father abandons newborn; was Re: Abandonment or Death”, in soc.men (Usenet)

Questions about snippy snips

What is snippy snips the plural of?
Snippy snips is the plural of snippy snip.

Words near snippy snips in the dictionary

  1. snippity
  2. snippock
  3. snippocks
  4. snippy
  5. snippy snip
  6. snippy snips
  7. snips
  8. snipsnapsnorum
  9. snipt
  10. snipy
  11. snirt

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