# SNOOCH to the NOOCH: HUH? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156 "2005-03-25T04:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/1 "2005-03-25T04:44:21Z")
A while back I was reading a thread (no idea which) that used this phrase. I thought it was provacative, but had no clue as to what it meant. I think it got posts, but I can’t remember what they said, and besides there was no explanation of it. I forgot about the thread after a while, but at least once a day I think about it, and it’s time to stop this SNOOCH TO THE NOOCH loop in my head. Who can tell me what it means? I beg you, someone; they’re coming to take me away, ha ha. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/2 "2005-03-25T04:50:36Z")
Jay, of Jay and Silent Bob, from the Kevin Smith films, uses this as his catch phrase. I can’t remember when he started using it, but the animated series used it a lot. BTw, enjoy your basket weaving. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/3 "2005-03-25T05:05:49Z")
“It means anything you want it to mean whenever you want it to. If I say I want to snooch you, then it can mean whatever I want it to. Nugga nooch and snoochie bootchie are different versions of the same thing.” [Jason Mewes](http://www.viewaskew.com/news/jan00/1.html) ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/4 "2005-03-25T05:06:59Z")
And I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed and screamed that I was totally mad. Well… ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/5 "2005-03-25T05:19:21Z")
Oh, and aside from that, I have no idea what it means. Jay’s a stoner, who thinks everything looks like a Bong. I don’t think he knows either. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/6 "2005-03-25T05:24:17Z")
I love it. Well, that and it’s variations are getting dumped directly into my long term memory. I plan to use this extensively, no matter how old it is. I still use “respect my authoritah” occasionally. Thanks, everyone. They still may take me away, but now I know what to scream at them when they get here. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/7 "2005-03-25T05:49:58Z")
Snoogins! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/8 "2005-03-25T14:34:04Z")
“Snoochie boochies? Who the fuck talks like that? That is fuckin’ baby talk…” ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/9 "2005-03-25T15:09:10Z")
Snootch to the motherfuckin’ nootch, yo. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/10 "2005-03-25T15:16:21Z")
> [@LordVor](#): > > And I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed and screamed that I was totally mad. Well… And I’ll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats. Way back in the early 80s a new radio station was starting up in the Ark-La-Tex. They played a non-stop loop of that song for several days as a promo. I recorded both sides of a cassette. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/11 "2005-03-25T16:21:37Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > They played a non-stop loop of that song for several days as a promo. As a _promo_?? Ummm…isn’t a promo supposed to make you want to listen to a station? What programming manager would think this was a good idea? And what kind of station was this a promo for?? _“…WWTF! All Napoleon XIV, all the time!”_ ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/12 "2005-03-25T17:05:59Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > “Snoochie boochies? Who the fuck talks like that? That is fuckin’ baby talk…” Aw Hal, coudn’t I Snoochie your Boochie just one time? I promise not to Skoojie your Boojies. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/13 "2005-03-25T17:15:37Z")
I see I misspelled provocative in the OP. How could I have done such a horrible thing? I’m no longer deserving of life. ::produces death rattle- slumps- thumps:: ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/14 "2005-03-25T17:25:58Z")
IIRC, Jay changes his “catch phrase” in each movie. Clerks: Noinch Mallrats: Snoogins Chasing Amy: Doesn’t actually say anything, but makes fun of “Snoochie Bootchies,” which his character in the comic book says. Dogma: Snootch to the Nooch Jay and Silent Bob: I think he goes back to Noinch again, or just uses a every one a different time. Not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/15 "2005-03-25T17:27:25Z")
Oh, and in Clerks, the Animated Series, it’s “Nooch” and “Snooch to the Nooch” Nugga nugga NOOCH! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/16 "2005-03-25T18:24:00Z")
Bong! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/17 "2005-03-25T18:39:34Z")
Gaaa! _This_ is the reason I try to stay away from the View Askew site…All this damn J&SB talk makes me want to ride up to Red Bank and scream at Smith to get those next two movies in gear already! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alietman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@alietman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alietman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/18 "2019-11-13T16:36:31Z")
Probably not as fun to have the real definition, but nooch is short for nutritional yeast, cheesy flavoring friend of vegans everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/19 "2019-11-13T17:05:44Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > As a _promo_?? Ummm…isn’t a promo supposed to make you want to listen to a station? What programming manager would think this was a good idea? And what kind of station was this a promo for?? > > _“…WWTF! All Napoleon XIV, all the time!”_ Maybe less as a promo, and more as a way of keeping that particular channel open while negotiating sale of a radio station. I’ve heard of this a couple of times. One radio station I listened to daily had a couple of days of ambient new age music play before switching formats. Another am station tried to do an all Beatles format… or maybe was doing this and it took a couple of months before the station sold. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooch-to-the-nooch-huh/296156/20 "2019-11-13T17:20:45Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Maybe less as a promo, and more as a way of keeping that particular channel open while negotiating sale of a radio station. I’ve heard of this a couple of times. One radio station I listened to daily had a couple of days of ambient new age music play before switching formats. > > Another am station tried to do an all Beatles format… or maybe was doing this and it took a couple of months before the station sold. **Hal** ’s post was from 2005, **Zyada** ; he’s not been seen round these parts since, well, Oct 25th, 2019. Sure hope he’s OK. 😉