Word: sniggered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gets louder, we smash into each other more frequently, and the accumulation of goop spreads into face and hair. Revelling in the chaotic, carnival atmosphere I put up my sweatshirt hood to accentuate my insanity. This provokes customer comment. Customers never expect a reply. "He must be getting cold (snigger snigger)." My eyes roll, scoop clatters from my hand. "No I'm not. I'm just fucking weird." Nodding cowed agreement, the line moves on. Chuckling quietly, I return to my smooshing...
...follow suit, and in a little while the whole street or piazza was clapping." What actor could resist? Adds Mastroianni: "In Naples the people will smile at you and whisper, 'Hallo, Marcello, we are getting old; come and have a coffee.' But in Rome, God protect you. They will snigger behind your back, 'Now he is old. Look at those lines.' " In such an atmosphere, the two actors could hardly help becoming friends and daydreaming about a possible second film...
...Masters and Johnson research will be used by "enemies" to discredit the whole arena of sexual inquiry. "The public wants to find us bad, and that includes some of the media," says Mary Calderone, a noted expert on family planning and sex education. "There is a tendency to snigger. They report that we go around telling each other about our sex lives. We don't do that. None of us are voyeurs. This is a serious business. We've been serious about it for years." Lewis Durham, executive director of the Association of Sexologists in San Francisco...
...world that all feud animus has long since washed away. "I love those McCoys better than anything. But you know," he confides, "it was funny on the show when they asked this one McCoy girl, 'Name a New England state.' And she said 'London.' " His snigger is at least mischievous. "I really couldn't believe that: 'London.'" -By Kurt Andersen
...hollow triumph of right-wing moralists over timid network moguls has been to replace women in tight sweaters with aren't-they-adorable children. There goes the smutcom; here comes the sweetcom. Few tears will be shed over the demise of the jiggle-and-snigger shows. But even at their worst they suggested nothing more pernicious than that men do make passes at girls in Jordaches. The two forms of sweetcoms, the noble and the naughty, are deadlier. They announce that children are either sugar or sass-dewy-souled twerps or stunted comedians-and that they must...