From “Not Necessarily the News,” this is an early Sniglets segment from 1983 with Rich Hall. Words coined here include spratchetts, speraws, squimmets, motspur, purpitation, and strumbles.
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New Sniglet – AttornaLepathy – The ability of an actor in a movie, to take an attorneys business card without even looking at it, and instantly know the number to call when it’s needed.
my fav is EASTROTURF the artificial grass in Easter baskets
To this day I still use the word spratchets. I literally have convinced others that it’s the term for those items.
I’m gulily of Purpitation
My husband gets so annoyed when I do it
😂
I’m also surprised that there was no red line under the word
No auto correct nothing
My favorite sniglet was “thermalaphobia”: fear of being burnt by scalding water when some d-bag flushes the toilet when you’re taking a shower. 😅
Rich’s lips aren’t moving.
Loved this show back in the day.
Sniglets were the best part of the show.
I remember these:
Telecrastination – letting the phone ring a few times before answering even when next to it.
Pupkus – the residue from a dog’s nose on a window.
Carperpetuation – vacuuming over the same piece of thread a few times before picking it up, then putting it back on the carpet to try again.
Aquadextrous – ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.
Dimp – someone who is mistakenly thought to be a store employee.
My Sniglet was “Gorbles” – those greasy floaters on the top of chicken noodle soup.