"snap"

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:06 PM -0400 4/7/09, Grant Barrett wrote:
>Despite an egregious swipe at an ADS member

No, no; it's a swipe at the unknown Connie Elbe (from the European
border river of the same name), not our own Connie Eble.

LH

>, this blog post has some
>very specific citations and information about the use of "oh snap!"
>
>http://www.edrants.com/the-mysterious-origins-of-oh-snap/
>
>It also includes the theory that I give some support to, that "snap"
>is in part a euphemism for "shit."
>
>Grant Barrett
>gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
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