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	Urban Dictionary: sniglet
		Sniglets was a segment on the show by Comedian Rich Hall.
		The word Musquirt was one of the many Sniglets, Its that runny stuff that comes out of the mustard bottle before the mustard does.
		sniglet to the second degree (3 words combined): stugtard, rugpid, strugly...
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=sniglet (312 words)

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		Sniglet = Any word which should be in the dictionary but isn't.
		SNIGLETS ABOUT FOOD ------------------- Cornextortion = When you go to the movie theatre and ask for a small popcorn, the guy behind the counter says, "for ONLY 25 cents more you can get a large popcorn".
		SNIGLETS ABOUT MAPS ------------------- Continentertinter = The person in a mapmaking company whose job is to decide what color a specific country is going to be.
	www.freenetpages.co.uk /hp/lennybruce/jokes/sniglets.txt (4954 words)

	Definition of Sniglet
		A sniglet is defined as a "word that should be in the dictionary, but isn't".
		Sniglets were popularized during the 1980s, on the HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News.
		A 1994 sniglet a day calendar was also released.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Sniglet (301 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sniglet
		While Rich Hall invented the word "sniglet" itself, sniglets are actually a long-running popular joke in which people make up their own humorous words to describe things or concepts that have no "official" words.'' Sniglets were popularized during the 1980s, on the HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News.
		In the "Playing Instructions," there are ideas on "How to Create a Sniglet" which include (1) combination (Portmanteau), (2) spelling change (altering a word related to the definition), (3) pure nonsense word, or (4) a "take-off on a well known product" (a spelling change to a trademark).
		Homer Simpson, a character on the animated series The Simpsons, suggests "Son of Sniglet" as a good book to name as a favorite and a life influence on a college application in the episode Homer Goes to College (he also suggests TV Guide and Katharine Hepburn's autobiography Me).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Sniglet (888 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Sniglet
		While Rich Hall invented the word "sniglet" itself, sniglets are actually a long-running popular joke in which people make up their own humorous words to define things or concepts that have no "official" definitions.
		Bevameter – The distance you can lift your beverage from the table before the coaster that is stuck to it falls off.
		Runal – A nasal discharge, that hangs and is sucked back in.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Sniglet (366 words)

	When is a nonce not a nonce?
		Mostly that "sniglet" is not a generally accepted word, but just a recent invention made up for a comedy routine and book title.
		Sniglets are known as words that don't appear in the dictionary but should.
		The term "sniglet" was popularized, and almost certainly coined, by comedian Rich Hall back in the 1980s.
	p211.ezboard.com /fwordoriginsorgfrm12.showMessage?topicID=486.topic (1132 words)

	Ruth Wajnryb: At the birth of a sniglet - Words - Books - Entertainment
		Given the paparazzification (a spur of the moment sniglet) of celebrity, what one does, wears or says is beamed out to millions in a nanosecond.
		If word respectability, as determined by greying academic types, was once the determiner of what goes into the dictionary and the guide for the great unwashed, now it's the simple fact of being in the spotlight, being beamed out into the ether.
		Sniglet: A new word that may or may not become widespread in use.
	www.smh.com.au /news/words/at-the-birth-of-a-sniglet/2005/12/01/1133311137173.html (1829 words)

	Sniglets
		When three or more people are singing along to a tune and suddenly discover they are all faking their way through the unintelligible lyrics.
		To be trapped in one's trousers by a faulty zipper.
		While Rich Hall invented the word "sniglet" itself, sniglets are actually a long-running popular joke in which people make up their own humorous words to define things or concepts that have no "official" definitions.
	bertc.com /sniglets.htm (5672 words)

	Sniglets
		When three or more people are singing along to a tune and suddenly discover they are all faking their way through the unintelligible lyrics.
		To be trapped in one's trousers by a faulty zipper.
		While Rich Hall invented the word "sniglet" itself, sniglets are actually a long-running popular joke in which people make up their own humorous words to define things or concepts that have no "official" definitions.
	www.bertc.com /sniglets.htm (5659 words)

	Halfbakery: Sniglet Pictionary
		A dictionary of sniglets could accompany the game in case some players are not up on their snigletage.
		Sniglets perfected by the late genius Mr Adams [nichpo, Oct 17 2004]
		To appease the impracticality crowd, how about have a list of say 50 sniglets on display and they drawers are secretly assigned one of them to draw.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Sniglet_20Pictionary (379 words)

	BOVILEXICS.COM
		As you know there are many words (slang, etc.) that are commonly used, are not found in any English dictionary, and are still considered by many to be real words.
		SNIGLETS could possibly be grouped with this category of words.
		SNIGLETS were first created by Rich Hall while he was a writer/performer on the HBO comedy series "Not Necessarily the News." Later these SNIGLETS were gathered together and published by the Macmillan Publishing Company in the early 1980s.
	www.bovilexics.com /about.html (312 words)

	iv: sniglets
		In case you're wondering, a sniglet is a word that should be in the dictionary but isn't.
		Sniglets are the brainchild of comedian Rich Hall who wrote a series of books containing sniglets.
		Something recently reminded me of a sniglet I had heard, and so I did a web search for sniglets.
	ivman.com /sniglets.html (1076 words)

	What is sniglet? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: Our Favorite IT Sniglets
		A sniglet is a word that should be in the dictionary but isn't.
		Sniglets are the brainchild of comedian Rich Hall who, with a little help from his friends, wrote a series of books containing sniglets in the mid-eighties.
		With a little help from our readers, this page provides some IT-related sniglets we think should be in the dictionary but aren't.
	whatis.techtarget.com /definition/0,,sid9_gci506044,00.html (1316 words)

	BikeNutz.COM :: Sniglet's Page
		Reproduction of any kind without the expressed written permission of the aforementioned owners is strictly prohibited.
		Sniglet is our daughter Kendra who earned her nick-name at an early age.
		We are pleased to bring you a gallery of her work.
	bikenutz.com /sniglet.htm (107 words)

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