snippety-snip?

Are you watching American TV comedies? I have a guess, but I don't want to say it unless it's right. Can you provide some context? The phrase means nothing in isolation, except it seems to refer to scissors.

enoonAre you watching American TV comedies?

Yes.

enoonCan you provide some context? The phrase means nothing in isolation, except it seems to refer to scissors.

They were talking about babies and
a guy said: "I gotta thank my lucky stars I got the old snippety-snip."
To which another guy replied: "you mean you just l

He's talking about a vasectomy, an operation to sterilize men that usually involves severing with scissors and sealing the vas deferens on both sides. This is quite different from castration, wherein the testicles are removed, which is why he said that nothing was removed. Men do not have their tubes tied; that refers to tubal ligation, in which a woman's fallopian tubes are severed or closed off.

enoonHe's talking about a vasectomy, an operation to sterilize men that usually involves severing with scissors and sealing the vas deferens on both sides. This is quite different from castration, wherein the testicles are removed, which is why he said that nothing was removed. Men do not have their tubes tied; that refers to tubal ligation, in which a woman's fallopian t

enoon, I'm just curious - that was my guess based on the first post only. Was that yours too?

It did seem pretty clear, but I didn't want to go there if I didn't have to.

Grammar Geekthat was my guess based on the first post only.

I'm the outlier here. I thought it might have to do with getting laid off -- getting cut from the payroll -- joining the ranks of the unemployed. Now that it's explained I've concluded I must be clueless!