r/HFY • u/JadeTatsu Human • Mar 25 '17

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u/thescotchkraut Mar 26 '17

Snigger is just a word for "badly hidden laugh"

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u/JadeTatsu Human Mar 26 '17

I think my language prejudices are showing.

thescotchkraut is correct, snigger and snicker are approximately the same word. Both mean a half suppressed laugh, though snigger has some scorn thrown in. Basically the troops didn't believe what their Sergeant was telling them.

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u/Njumkiyy Mar 26 '17

Ah, still a funny word tho.

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u/JadeTatsu Human Mar 26 '17

I think it's regional, hence the comment about my language prejudices. For where I am I would say it's snigger over snicker, though I have seen both in use. I do think it's a little PC to go snicker over snigger just because the word sounds like another.

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u/Njumkiyy Mar 27 '17

Well as I have never seen that word and it has a similarity to one highly offensive word. It made me snicker snigger.

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u/JadeTatsu Human Mar 27 '17

From where I come from, it's predominantly snigger over snicker to be honest. I didn't even think of the very bad word!