----- Original Message ----- From: <Bapopik at AOL.COM> > OED does not have "snarf." The CASSELL DICTIONARY OF SLANG has "snarf,' meaning to eat or to drink, from 1960s+. Ms. Despres over at M-W does a great job of listing the verb "snarf" from 1965, coming probably from the verb "scarf" ca. 1960, coming from the mid-1800's verb "scoff." Sam Clements