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10/07/2003 14:04:18
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>The word itself wasn't created for FoxPro. It's been around a long time. The American Heritage Dictionary says "A bit, scrap, or morsel" while Webster's offers "A small part or piece." Both have quotes that use the word.

So I see...Webster's II has for snippet 1) "tidbit," and 2) "a small mischievous person" (this is a little like "muppets," maybe).

I don't think I'd heard the term before I began using the Fox, though it's hard to be sure.

The next Webster's def is interesting too: Snippety 2) = "Snippy" :-)

>>Or was that "muppets"? Been a while now...
>
>It's "muppets." "Moppets" are cute, little kids (and that word presumably did play into "puppets" becoming "muppets").

Thank you, again. You are becoming our leading historian, Tamar!
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.
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