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- noun An often
humorous wordcoined todefine something for which no previous word existed; aprotologism .
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Examples
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A sniglet is a word which should be in the dictionary, but is not.
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That'll be a big day: hopefully we'll learn which names we'll be calling the sniglet, then I'll be taking the printout onto a plane as I head to Israel / Gaza that evening.
Dohiyi Mir 2009
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That'll be a big day: hopefully we'll learn which names we'll be calling the sniglet, then I'll be taking the printout onto a plane as I head to Israel / Gaza that evening.
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One might say I'm even a disciple of Tom Poston, a description for which a "sniglet" has been coined: "Tompostle"
POSTON NOTE Toby O'B 2005
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Your sniglet sounds a bit more nocturnally athletic than my 9-month-old, though, and for that you have my deepest sympathies.
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I am a sniglet of hair, trapped in the belly of some monstrous glutton, slowly gathering foodstuffs and dust particles to myself, growing ever more massive and gross, only excised through painful surgery when I am thereupon placed in a glass jar and kept in a museum of medical oddities.
Writers: Are you a Face-hugger, a Grub, a Maggot, Godzilla, or What? 2009
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Making the bed gives me a sniglet of peace, an assurance that in relation to other housekeeping negligence that may or may not be evident, at least I've made the bed.
To Make or Not to Make Holly 2009
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Making the bed gives me a sniglet of peace, an assurance that in relation to other housekeeping negligence that may or may not be evident, at least I've made the bed.
Archive 2009-03-01 Holly 2009
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Embarrassingly, I remember the sniglet (remember sniglets?) for the place in the atmosphere where missing socks go when the disappear from the dryer: it's called the hozone.
Coleman Camp: The Missing Ballots Don't Exist; Officials: Yes, They Do 2009
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That's a seriously excellent sniglet Ian, "apocalycloset".
bac-o-bits 2009
skipvia commented on the word sniglet
My favorite one was Point Blimfark--the moment in a Western movie at which the wheels on the stagecoach looked as if they were turning backwards. We needed a name for that!
October 2, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word sniglet
I've always been fond of motspur, the one wheel on a shopping cart that won't go the right way, and esso-asso (I forget if there's a hyphen in it or not), for the person who avoids a red light by turning through a corner gas station.
October 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word sniglet
And speraws--the pinched marks on the ends of hot dogs.
October 2, 2007
super-logos commented on the word sniglet
Sniglet--I picture a mean, little, old lady who is a snob and who has a vicious tongue
that hurts the feelings of others.
August 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sniglet
I think it's actually meant to be a word that is not in any dictionary, but should be. (Coined--was it really?--by Rich Hall in the 1980s, IIRC.) :)
Whenever I see the word singlet I assume it must be this word. And of course it isn't.
August 9, 2008