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English citations of snip

Verb: "(informal) to circumcise"

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  • 2001 — David Cohen, The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century, John WIley & Sons Ltd (2001), →ISBN, page 72:
    Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped.
  • 2007 — Yvonne K. Fulbright, Touch Me There!: A Hands-On Guide to Your Orgasmic Hot Spots, Hunter House Inc. (2007), →ISBN, page 67:
    According to a recent study by DaiSik Kim & Myung-Geol Pang, following adult circumcision, many men reported a decrease in masturbatory pleasure and sexual enjoyment, indicating that getting snipped negatively affects sexual function in many men.
  • 2008 — Ilene Schneider, Talk Dirty Yiddish: Beyond Drek: The Curses, Slang, and Street Lingo You Need to Know When You Speak Yiddish, Adams Media (2008), →ISBN, page 150:
    His children, however, were not snipped, possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England.
  • 2009 — Franz Wisner, How the World Makes Love . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom, St. Martin's Griffin (2010), →ISBN, page 283:
    "Wiz. Do you know what you're saying? Tell me if your kid is a boy he's going to be snipped."
  • 2012 — Tom Hickman, God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis, Square Peg (2012), →ISBN, page 144:
    By the outbreak of the First World War such claims had diminished and the medical profession touted circumcision as being 'hygienic' — fathers were not only encouraged to have their newborn sons snipped, but to belatedly enjoy the benefits themselves.