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# what does 'Snap' mean? Is this english?
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:26, archived)
# it's a very complicated card game.
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:27, archived)
# SNAP!
All the cards are mine :D

Edit: I tried to teach the missus 'Fish' the other day (which is about the limit of my level of understanding for card games) and I realised quite what a ridiculous and unfair game it is.
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:28, archived)
# your missus...
*mind wanders....*
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:34, archived)
# I've attempted it before, with mixed results.
but "Snap" in the above context confuses me.
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:28, archived)
# It's a bit like 'Oh, blast!'
1950's swearing. Our JJ is a polite sort ;)
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:30, archived)
# dagnamit!
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:31, archived)
# dawg gonnit!
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:37, archived)
# 1950's merkin swearing?
My essence was in a 1950's gent, and I don't recall anyone saying "Oh, Snap"
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:31, archived)
# I can only imagine it being said in a camp way
*oh thnap! I broke a nail!*
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 15:08, archived)
# yeah
I think it's childish for 'shit'
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:31, archived)
# I thought that was "oh, sugar" or "oh, poo"
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:32, archived)
# I think it's an American euphemism for swearing instead of saying 'shit'
like we sometimes say sugar (not me, obviously, but you know what I mean).

Joy says it all the time in My Name is Earl.
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:31, archived)
# yes, I've noticed that
*grumbles about americanisms*
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:33, archived)
# When a bloke dies, the corpse sometimes gets an erection
to make it presentable for the funeral, the undertaker "fractures" (not really a fracture, its just blood filled tissue) the penis.

The noise that it makes is *snap*
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:32, archived)
# haha
this seems likely.
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:34, archived)
# DEATH COCK ACTION SNAP
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:46, archived)
# I think I've got their latest album somewhere...
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:55, archived)
# what kind of "core" is this music?
:D
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 14:30, archived)
# OR I WILL ATTACK
AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:37, archived)
# I wouldn't mind to be honest
(, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 13:48, archived)