Posted by Jack Crane on 10/13/79 11:39

"Sla#s" <phil@KNOTslatts.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in
news:dsifc3$9ko$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk:

>> BTW I'm interested in your use of "snag". Could you define it?
>> "Problem"? "Bug"?
>
> You've never heard it! It's very commonly used in engineering.
>
> From: Oxford English Dictionary of Current English
> snag (1)
> . noun 1. an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback. 2 a sharp,
> angular, or jagged projection. 3 a small rent or tear.
> . verb (snagged, snagging) 1 catch or tear on a snag. 2 N. Amer.
> informal
> catch; obtain.
> - DERIVATIVES snaggy adjective.
> - ORIGIN probably Scandinavian.
> snag (2)
> . noun Austral./NZ informal a sausage.
> - ORIGIN of unknown origin.

Well, of course I know the word, "snag", and in both senses 1 and 2. Just
never seen it used in the way you did.

Jack

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