S******s presented by Netflix close captioning

[Qacer]

http://imgur.com/a/smaac

I was watching the 2nd episode of Orange is the New Black. I had close caption on because I didn't want the volume up.

Google defintion:

s******s (3rd person singular present, plural of snig·ger)

Noun
A smothered or half-suppressed laugh.

Verb
Give such a laugh: "they s****** at him behind his back".

 

[Rakehellion]

Huh?

 

[styrafoam]

There was a Mad TV sketch about this, but it was a candy bar back in those days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il361JlOYMY

 

[shortylickens]

Huh?

s n i g g e r s

But the forum automatically censors the middle part cuz its racist.

 

[Jodell88]

Where's the funny?

 

[CZroe]

Who doesn't know what a snigg(er is? Also, it's "Closed Captioning."

 

[Cerb]

Where's the funny?

Whatever they're s.n.i.g.g.g.e.r.i.n.g about? I haven't watched it, yet.

 

[lxskllr]

Seems like there's a black joke in there somewhere, but I can't find it. I don't get it.

 

[Krazy4Real]

can that be confused with snaggers?

 

[Ichinisan]

Snickering.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define:snickering

 

[CZroe]

Snickering.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define:snickering

y u no anser foan???

 

[Gibsons]

It's because asterisks cost less money than real letters to display. Rather niggardly of them to cut corners like that.

 

[CZroe]

It's because asterisks cost less money than real letters to display. Rather niggardly of them to cut corners like that.

I was looking for a way to work that in. Bravo.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

It comes from the NZ word "snig: to drag along the ground by a chain fastened at one end"

 

[silverpig]

It's because asterisks cost less money than real letters to display. Rather niggardly of them to cut corners like that.

Oh I could do a bang up job as a discount closed captioner.


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[Patranus]

S N I G G E R:
A smothered or half-suppressed laugh.