Subject: re: Getting Snickered

[Dave Wilton]

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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Mark A. Mandel
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 7:29 AM
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> Subject: Subject: re: Getting Snickered
>
> Might the term come from the chocolate candy bar called Snickers(tm)?

Indeed, that was my first guess. A candy bar can resemble a turd. This was
used to comic effect in the movie "Caddyshack," although that was a Baby
Ruth bar and not a Snickers.

When I was in the Army, some 16 years ago, Snickers were included in some
rations. If that's still the case, that might be reason for selecting that
brand.

--Dave Wilton
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