snow bunny

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Noun

snow bunny (plural snow bunnies)

1. (Canada, US, slang) An inexperienced, usually female skier.
2. (Canada, US, slang) A young, attractive, female skier; a sexually active young woman attracted to the promiscuous après-ski way of life.

   Synonyms: ski bunny, slope bunny

3. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A sexually attractive white woman.
   • 2017, Bootsy Collins (lyrics and music), “Snow Bunny”, in World Wide Funk:

     Snow bunny, I pledge to funk you baby / You sexy lady, my only temptation / Let me tell you that you look so good to me / And let me tell you that you're my snow bunny

   • 2018, Cheyenne Porcher, “Snow Bunnies Aren’t a Type and Neither Am I”, in Washington Square News‎^[1]:

     A while back I was casually involved with a guy. He was also black. As we watched a show in his dorm room one night, he turned to me, arm still wrapped around my shoulder, and said, “You know, you’re pretty lucky.” I turned to look at him, ignoring the cramp forming in my neck from the awkward angle to feign a flirty smile, “And why is that?” “I almost never go for black girls; I love snow bunnies.”

4. (African-American Vernacular, slang, sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) A white woman who pursues sexual relationships with black men.
   • 2007, Chuck Smith, Best Black Plays, page 99:

     MARY: If they was real black men, they wouldn't be up in that white club looking for some snow bunnies!

   • 2010, James W. Lewis, Sellout, page 107:

     “So, snow bunny, what should black women do? How do we...oh, how do I say this... cure our brothas of this widespread, pasty disease?” I didn't reply. Again, I tried to step away. Again, she grabbed my arm.

   • 2012, Amy C. Wilkins, “Stigma and status: Interracial intimacy and intersectional identities among black college men”, in Gender & Society‎^[2], page 175:

     Interracial player talk casts Black men as campus lotharios, pursued by relentless white women called “jersey chasers” and “snow bunnies.” Craig, an athlete, says, “The amount of white women who are just kind of tossin’ themselves at Black athletes is abundant.” Nick says, “We could kind of—it sounds kind of bad, we could pick and choose who we want to talk to, and most of us chose white women.”

   • 2020, Shafia Zaloom, “Black teens talk about dating in White communities”, in The Washington Post‎^[3]:

     Jaydon Acquino, 18, a Black man who moved from outside of Indianapolis to San Francisco, says that when he started high school, the White guys said, “You could get almost any girl because you’re the new Black guy.” The guys joked about “snow bunnies,” White girls who are into Black guys, he says.

5. (slang) A woman who uses cocaine.

Hypernyms

• (female cocaine user): snowbird

Coordinate terms

• (African-American man who sleeps with a white woman): bunny hopper

Related terms

apres

• badge bunny
• puck bunny

References

• “snow bunny, n.” under “snow, n.²”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.