# Please define "Snap" for the tragically unhip... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-define-snap-for-the-tragically-unhip/350507 "2006-03-30T04:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-define-snap-for-the-tragically-unhip/350507/21 "2006-03-30T22:22:16Z")
This is something that doesn’t get said in my group a lot–since the early nineties, at least. Not too long ago, I was watching _The Mummy Returns_, and a friend of mine came in and sat down. Something not good happens, and she reacts with “Awww, _snap_.” I was baffled. I actually had to stop the DVD, turn to her, and say “Did you just _aww snap_ the Army of Anubis???” Now instead, we say “Awww, nubis.” ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-define-snap-for-the-tragically-unhip/350507/22 "2006-03-30T22:53:29Z")
> [@shamrock227](#): > > Usually when I throw a zinger about a 3rd party, **my one friend** says “oh snap!”. To which I always reply “oh snap. I didn’t know we had been transported back to 1993!” (how this person remains **my best friend** is beyond me 😛 ) (emphasis mine) If you have one friend (as opposed to “one of my friends” or “a certain friend”), isn’t he by default your best friend? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-define-snap-for-the-tragically-unhip/350507/23 "2006-03-30T23:00:16Z")
> [@Gorgon Heap](#): > > People still say that? I was under the impression it was out of favor nowadays, much like “phat” and “tight”. Not with [Raven](http://psc.disney.go.com/disneychannel/thatssoraven/) still on. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-define-snap-for-the-tragically-unhip/350507/24 "2006-03-31T00:25:32Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > This is something that doesn’t get said in my group a lot–since the early nineties, at least. Not too long ago, I was watching _The Mummy Returns_, and a friend of mine came in and sat down. Something not good happens, and she reacts with “Awww, _snap_.” > > I was baffled. I actually had to stop the DVD, turn to her, and say “Did you just _aww snap_ the Army of Anubis???” This is making me giggle uncontrollably. I can’t wait until _Mummy Return_ gets re-run on TBS again. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-define-snap-for-the-tragically-unhip/350507/25 "2006-03-31T01:01:27Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > If you have one friend (as opposed to “one of my friends” or “a certain friend”), isn’t he by default your best friend? 😉 Oh snap! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-define-snap-for-the-tragically-unhip/350507/26 "2006-03-31T01:10:57Z")
> [@shamrock227](#): > > Usually when I throw a zinger about a 3rd party, my one friend says “oh snap!”. To which I always reply “oh snap. I didn’t know we had been transported back to 1993!” (how this person remains my best friend is beyond me 😛 ) Basically. I haven’t used it in real life since I was in grade school. I think I stopped using “sike” around the same time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-define-snap-for-the-tragically-unhip/350507.md?page=1)