I found this book in my mom's garage, and it brought back many memories of watching "Not Necessarily the News," a fake news show on HBO, when I was a kid. A sniglet, according to this book, is "any word that doesn't appear in the dictionary, but should." It originated on "NNtN" and caught on quickly, resulting in several books full of odd words for everyday things. Some of my favorites are:
- "caltitude - n. The height to which a cat's rear end can rise to meet the hand stroking it."
- "houndwounding - n. Canine act of circling a spot three or four times before settling on it."
- "pockalanche - n. Perpetual action of reaching down to pick up an item fallen from a shirt pocket, only to have another item fall out."
Some of the entries are not funny, and some are badly dated (it was published in 1985), but this little book was a silly read with a few illustrations. There's even an entry in the back to send in your own sniglet, by snail mail, of course. 93 pages.
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