# Snowballing
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 29, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622 "2000-12-29T03:06:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@stellaclaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stellaclaire)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/1 "2000-12-29T03:06:48Z")
What is snowballing?
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### Author:  [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/2 "2000-12-29T03:35:59Z")
Please use it in the context you heard it, and maybe we can help.
Otherwise, you’ll have a bunch of wise-asses (like me) saying things like, “It’s what snowmen and snow angels do.”
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### Author:  [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/3 "2000-12-29T03:38:02Z")
Well, the only context I’ve heard it used as a verb in is sexually, and that’s when a man’s semen is ejaculated into someone’s mouth, and the recipient then passes it along either back to the original male, or another person, by means of a long, wet, very sloppy kiss.
As to whether that’s sexy or not, YMMV.
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/4 "2000-12-29T03:41:56Z")
How about a hint?
Literal snowballing? Having a snowball fight (or masses of children pelting a victim with snowballs)?
Figurative snowballing? An event that gets larger and larger without a lot of control the way a snowball will get larger as it rolls down a hill?
Sexual snowballing? Exchanging in a kiss, semen that has been “collected” while one partner performs fellatio?
Drug snowballing? (That I only knew vaguely when I actually associated with people who did drugs and have now forgotten?)
Is there some other context?
Help us out, here.
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### Author:  [@peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peace)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/5 "2000-12-29T03:49:37Z")
Tom, would “making or snowballs” do?
Illiterate Peace, ESL
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### Author:  [@peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peace)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/6 "2000-12-29T03:50:50Z")
““of””, not “or”
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### Author:  [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/7 "2000-12-29T03:53:28Z")
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> Veronica: Bye. Take it easy. That was Snowball.
> Dante: Why do you call him that?
> Veronica: Sylvan made it up. It’s a blow job thing.
> Dante: What do you mean?
> Veronica: After he gets a blowjob, he likes to have it spit back in his mouth while kissing. It’s called snowballing.
> Dante: He requests this?
> Veronica: He gets off on it.
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### Author:  [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/8 "2000-12-29T04:01:23Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by smackfu \*
> \*\*
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> > [@](#):
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> > Veronica: Bye. Take it easy. That was Snowball.
> > Dante: Why do you call him that?
> > Veronica: Sylvan made it up. It’s a blow job thing.
> > Dante: What do you mean?
> > Veronica: After he gets a blowjob, he likes to have it spit back in his mouth while kissing. It’s called snowballing.
> > Dante: He requests this?
> > Veronica: He gets off on it.
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> \*\*
Damn… that is some **smackfu** fer shure. My head is filled with movie quotes, but none as obscure as that one (it has been a while since I’ve seen that B/W 16mm debut effort).
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### Author:  [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/9 "2000-12-29T04:07:50Z")
“Obscure?” Are you high? That’s a modern classic.
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### Author:  [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/10 "2000-12-29T04:26:22Z")
Yeah, it is. But do you have it _memorized_?
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### Author:  [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/11 "2000-12-29T07:24:56Z")
Clerks is probably one of the 5 funniest movies made in the 90’s. And it is not obscure by any means. But you would be surprised at the number of people who have never seen that are my age (27). If there is a movie for “my” generation it is that movie (although im almost old enough to be able to claim Breakfast Club). Ummm yeah thats all I got. late
dead0man
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### Author:  [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/12 "2000-12-29T07:35:22Z")
“Snowball” in the context of illegal drugs refers to a mixture of cocaine and heroin. “Snowballing” in the context of sexual acts isn’t nearly as gross as “felching”.
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### Author:  [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/13 "2000-12-29T08:09:29Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by TXLonghorn \*
> \*\*Yeah, it is. But do you have it _memorized_? \*\*
Yes. Why?
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### Author:  [@Pnuk\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pnuk_Guy)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/14 "2000-12-29T10:31:57Z")
Its also an alcoholic type of drink very popular with old people. Its kinda yellowy and creamy (don’t say it!)
My Gran likes them.
It makes my Xmas when she says ‘I really like those snowballs, i thnk i’ll have another’
he he he
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### Author:  [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowballing/47622/15 "2000-12-29T15:43:40Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*evilbeth \*
> \*\*
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*TXLonghorn \*
> > \*\*Yeah, it is. But do you have it _memorized_? \*\*
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> Yes. Why? \*\*
Hear, hear! I would say, with a good deal of certainty, that I could quote/recite any part of this (or almost any of Kevin Smiths’) movie(s).
The college years, ah, they were good to me!