Definitions
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- verb To
check (information) on the Web site snopes.com foraccuracy . - verb To catch (someone) spreading
misinformation , by checking the information on the Web site snopes.com.
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Examples
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Doesn't everybody realize that Snopes is just the propaganda arm of the reptilian overlords?
Crows Birds stealing coins from car wash? - Boing Boing 2008
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Snopes is a good thing when it comes to these online photos/videos/stories.
Reality Check Ahead 2007
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Snopes is a fun page to visit to debunk e-mail rumors, urban legends, etc.
Apologies to William Safire. It was just a hunch, anyway. KaneCitizen 2005
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Snopes is a fun page to visit to debunk e-mail rumors, urban legends, etc.
Archive 2005-05-01 KaneCitizen 2005
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BoingBoing reader Walt writes: Unfortunately I think people are failing to recognize that the work cited from the original blog, and now on Snopes, is not the artwork of LA based Kurt Wenner but ANOTHER sidewalk artist, most likely based in Britan.
Boing Boing: February 1, 2004 - February 7, 2004 Archives 2004
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David Pogue: Where does the name Snopes come from?
NYT > Home Page 2010
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It just -- I knew the name Snopes from having read William
NYT > Home Page 2010
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It just -- I knew the name Snopes from having read William
Pogue's Pages 2010
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David Pogue: Where does the name Snopes come from?
Pogue's Pages 2010
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The Snopes are a populous and pernicious lot-in true Faulkner style, they include arsonists, bigamists, con-men, extortionists, and usurers.
Psychology Today 2009
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