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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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When a suspicious e-mail claim comes my way that makes me skeptical, I place what looks to be a key phrase in 'this exact wording or phrase "slot, and in the" one or more of these words "slots, I use all three openings:" snopes "" false "" legend. "
Everyday Citizen 2008
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Yeah … and snopes wants us to believe that this was a landmark case that ended redlining.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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Go to www. snopes.com and type in "moose," and look for the entry "moose in wires."
Bucket Head 2009
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Go to www. snopes.com and type in "moose," and look for the entry "moose in wires."
Bucket Head 2009
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We all understand how stupid brainwashed morons like you just cannot accept factual reality but snopes eviscerates the nonsense.
Think Progress » Gingrich: Hoekstra’s Campaign Got A ‘Boost’ From Failed Airline Bomber 2010
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Check snopes and stop humiliating yourself by proving how brainwashed you are.
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Starbucks not giving to the military, snopes. com debunking the rumor, the man with the giant cat, dating sites, etc.
What Austrian Brain Drain?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Yeah … and snopes wants us to believe that this was a landmark case that ended redlining.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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Go to Politcalfacts. com, Truthorfiction. com, snopes. com, etc and get the facts.
Think Progress » KKK has ‘reversed declining membership’ in recent years. 2010
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I could direct you to snopes debunking of that ignorant, long ago, debunked talking point.
Think Progress » Palin says her favorite founding father is ‘all of them.’ 2010
chained_bear commented on the word snopes
As in, snopes.com.
September 19, 2008
seanahan commented on the word snopes
Not quite a verb, but I imagine it will be in the next few years.
See also the XKCD.
September 21, 2008