snippy snip

English

Etymology

Built on snip.

Noun

snippy snip (plural snippy snips)

1. (humorous) A cut or incision.
   • 1999, Chuck Snyder, Barb Snyder, Incompatibility: Still Grounds for a Great Marriage, Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Publishers, →ISBN, page 157:

     The problem with Barb's haircuts is her hair stylist cuts her hair with a microscope. He goes, "A snippy snip here, and a snippy snip there—that will be 30 dollars, please."

   1. (specifically, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
      • 2003 January 31, Sharon B, “Martha's quest for male abandoners, was Re: Father abandons newborn; was Re: Abandonment or Death”, in soc.men‎^[1] (Usenet):

        So then, women get to force you guys to have a vasectomy. Fair is fair, right? Legally *force* you to go in for a little snippy snip?

      • 2005 December 14, John van Gurp, “Vasectomy”, in hfx.general‎^[2] (Usenet):

        Imagine having an unwanted baby while unemployed or stretched to the max with bills. That would suck big time.... far worse than having a small snippy snip.

      • 2010, Sharon S. Hart, Becoming Part of the Ribbon: My Personal Journey, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 33:

        Dr. Warren also suggested that if I'm not thinking of having anymore children, then Bill should go for the snippy snip.

      • 2018 May 2, David Schneiderman, Beast Mode‎^[3], act 1:

        Coitus interruptus moments. Got me thinking I need a snippy snip. Vasectomy.