Definitions

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  • noun A snort of liquid from the mouth out through the nose; as in response to something unexpected and/or funny
  • noun computing A metasyntactic variable similar to foo and bar

Etymologies

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Onomatopoetic; in sense 1, also blend of blow and snort.

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