snippage

English

Etymology

From snip +‎ -age.

Noun

snippage (uncountable)

1. something that has been snipped away
   • 1964, Hope Hanley, NEELEPOINT - Page 143‎^[1]:

     "You will have to snip both front and back and then pick out your "snippage" with your fingernails."

2. (Internet) removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message
   • 2001, User: invisible ink <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Subject: [chat] Sweet baby jebus, the snippage!

     "Please remember that every time you send an email to the SLUG lists, it is multiplied out to everyone on the list, *including* people who subscribe on digest mode. Lack of snippage is particularly annoying for them."

Anagrams

• genipaps