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snot

UK/snɒt/ US/snɑt/ fairly common informal slang

noun

1.

a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ġesnot, *snott, from Proto-West Germanic *snott, *snutt, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz (“nasal mucus”), from the same base as snout; ultimately of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin (compare sniff, snuff, snoot, snook), but possibly continuing Proto-Indo-European *snew-t- (“to flow, run”).

Phrases

  • bone-eating snot flower worm
  • cock snot
  • dick snot
  • eye snot
  • pecker snot
  • rock snot
  • sea snot
  • slick as snot

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