Coined in 1930, for a favorite horse owned by the Mars family.
Snickers (plural Snickers)
A popular chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, with a peanut, caramel and nougat filling.
• Marathon (previous brand name, no longer used)
• Resnicks
snickers
plural of snicker
snickers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snicker
• Resnicks
Source: Wiktionary
Snick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Snickering.] Etym: [Cf. D. snikken to sob, to sigh.] [Written also snigger.]
1. To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.
2. To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.
Snick"er, n.
Definition: A half suppressed, broken laugh. [Written also snigger.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 April 2025
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
