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Snivellus

Severus Snape's childhood nickname.
Harry Potter reference
"Oi Snivellus! Where's Lily?" Shouted James
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Sniveler

(noun) pronounced with a hard 'i' sound

1. A person who is conniving, and manipulates situations or people for their own benefit. Selfish. (insult)

2. Friendly jab at mutilative, often crafty behavior which is self serving, selfish.

3. Someone who pleads, whines, begs for something, which they don't deserve.

Originated in Pueblo, CO skateboard culture in the late 80's when an overeducated medical student attempted to insult a young skateboarder by calling him a sniveler (soft 'i' sound), a college dictionary word meaning a whiner, complainer, i.e. the Zorlac skateboard motto of the time 'Shut up and Skate'. Instead, a new word was born out of the manipulative behavior that was going on at the same time, likely borrowing money in a whining voice, maybe related to the use here of sniveller. Sniveler expanded in meaning to include behavior such as people stealing tips off tables to pay for their coffee, and any behavior that was self serving, or selfish. While an inside joke, term with skateboarders, it has since expanded coast to coast.
Okay, this isn't fair, you owe more money on the bill, don't be such a sniveler!

Dude, I don't like that guy, he is such a sniveler, always borrowing my stuff and never returning it. I think he sold that deck he borrowed.

He really should be paying rent for how long he has been crashing here, total sniveler.

Did you hear that guy running for office, what a sniveler.
by moreskinny February 3, 2010
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Siniver

The most boring couple ever actually the most cringey and shy people. Been together forever and still dont do anything.
ugh they must be a siniver
by Siniver March 3, 2022
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Sanibel Island

A tropical Island off the coast of Florida where senior citizens reside. Only the wealthy live here unless you are the pool boy or work at The Lazy Flamingo. The big event of the year is when the Grandchildren visit.
Honey we're 60 I think its time we move to Sanibel Island i'm sitting on a boatload of retirement cash.
by 2012ka March 8, 2011
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saniel

Saniel is very sexy by nature.
He is very helpful . His are really funny even though they really aren't. He is a really helpful friend .he loves to treat his friends with gifts . He hates to loose and will never put down an arugment even if he knows he's wrong.he can be very romantic at times.
Damn there is saniel.

Saniel's always helpful.
by Ghostcat789 August 28, 2018
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sniveler

One who attains self serving ends through (highly)passive aggressive means. Also applies to phsyical acts; i.e. line cutting.
1. Purposefully failing to cc a coworker on an email applying to that coworker's area of work (keeping them out of the loop for whatever reason). Telling the colleague you "forgot to add them" and apologizing profusely is an intregal part being a sniveler in this situation.

2.) Driving to the front of long lines of traffic waiting to, for example, get on a bridge or merge into a lane on the road. Hovering at the last possible point of entry long enough until some poor shmuck feels bad for you and lets you ahead of them. This is the ultimate sniveler move during rush hour traffic.

3. Throwing a piece of laundry into someone else's wash (sniveling it in)

4. Sniveling the last diet coke out of the office fridge but leaving the empty box. Thus receiveing the benefit of the last diet coke while:

1.) shirking the responsibility for trashing the cumbersome box and deciding whether or not it should be recylcled

2. avoiding being labeled as generally greedy for taking the last one
by One who sometimes snivels March 17, 2009
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shnivel

Those darn shnivels
by thewolfeclan November 27, 2014
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