snaccident

English

Etymology

Blend of snack +‎ accident.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnæk.sɪ.dənt/

Noun

snaccident (countable and uncountable, plural snaccidents)

1. (slang, humorous) A snack accident; an instance of a snack being eaten accidentally.
   • 2016, Jules Coll, “Introduction”, in Flabyrinth: My Escape from Maximum Insecurity Prison, Dublin: Gill Books, →ISBN, page 5:

     Every so often I’d step on the scales or catch my reflection in the mirror and think ‘How the feck did this happen?!’ I didn’t mean to gain weight, it happened by snaccident.

   • 2017 April, Faye Rowe, “The Secret Life of a Binge Eater”, in Emirates Woman, page 102:

     Absentmindedly munching your way through an entire packet of biscuits while engrossed in Netflix could be considered a late night ‘snaccident’ but, for a growing number of people in the UAE, compulsive eating is putting their health at risk.

   • 2019, Fliss Chester, Meet Me on the Riviera, London: Orion Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

     ‘Yeah, I knew you liked canapés, but …’ Angus received a biff to his arm. ‘That was a, um, snaccident. I didn't mean to eat them all. But they were so delicious … the truffle bit on the mushroomy sauce, oh my word, I mean, I was in food heaven.’

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