Scooby snack

English

Alternative forms

• Scooby Snack

Etymology

Derived from the dog biscuits given to Shaggy and Scooby-Doo in the cartoon Scooby-Doo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskuːbi ˌsnak/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

Scooby snack (plural Scooby snacks)

1. (slang) A treat, usually a snack, especially if given as a reward.
   • 2000, Dick Steflik et al., Advanced Java Networking, page 2:

     Then we will send them along the conveyor belt to be packaged and shipped off to some Java engineer turned writer who is in desperate need of a Scooby Snack.

   • 2003, Denise Dumars, Lori Nyx, The Dark Archetype: Exploring the Shadow Side of the Divine, page 71:

     If for some reason the heart is not feather-light, it is Anubis' grim task to toss it like a Scooby snack to the menacing, ever-hungry she-monster, Ammit.

   • 2005, Anne Thomas Soffee, Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City: A True Story of Faking It in Hair Metal L.A., page 61:

     It's over, and I scored not so much as a Scooby Snack.

2. (slang, often in the plural) A recreational drug, particularly cannabis or methamphetamine.
   • 1996, “Scooby Snacks”, in Come Find Yourself, performed by Fun Lovin' Criminals:

     Runnin' around, robbin' banks, all whacked off of Scooby snacks

   • 2001, Jaina Bell, Retards, Rebels, & Slackers, page 25:

     "Scooby snacks! Can we, pleeease?" Malik grinned wryly, broke a baggy of weed out, and started stuffing the pipe."

   • 2005, Meg Cabot, Darkest Hour, page 225:

     '“On my honor,” I said, “I am not whacked up on Scooby Snacks.”'

   • 2006, David Wellington, Monster Nation, page 226:

     "And then there's the question of what he's going to do when you run out of scooby snacks. You think he's tweaking now..."

3. A cocktail made from Midori, banana liqueur, coconut rum, and pineapple juice.

Translations

A treat

• Polish: Scooby Chrupki

Further reading

• “Scooby Snack”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.