big snip

big snip
 n.— «From this point on, I vow never to wince in imaginary pain, cross my legs in a mock protection stance, refer to it as “the big snip,” or make that clicking sound that my wife is quite fond of making when another guy talks to me about their vasectomy.» —“Why is it when you say the word vasectomy to people they make that clicking sound?” by Clint Dadventure.ca Mar. 16, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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