snowmeow

See also: snow meow

English

Alternative forms

• snow meow, snowmew, snow mew

Etymology

From snow +‎ meow, originally the name of a character in the 1980s TV cartoon series ThunderCats.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Australia):

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Noun

snowmeow (plural snowmeows)

1. (slang, chiefly Internet slang) A snow leopard.
   • 1995, Tobias Köhler, alt.cuddle‎^[1] (Usenet):

     *cool* cuddles from thys snowmeow *purrpurr* (title)

   • 1996, Elisabeth B. Shaw, alt.fan.furry‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Awww...I can't be a Canadian snowmeow... :(

   • 1997, Dale Farmer, alt.fan.furry‎^[3] (Usenet):

     I have a friend whose white Volvo bears the plate SNOLPRD (pronounced "SnowMeow"), I have never done the vanity plate thing myself tho.

   • 1998, Tephra Adularia, alt.lifestyle.furry‎^[4] (Usenet):

     After recovering from laughing so hard she fell out of her chair, Teph gives the snowmeow a thumbs up.

   • 2002, Jarrod Henry, in alt.fan.lion-king [5]

     That's how a french canadian snowleopard meows. [...] Not that I am a french canadian snowmeow or anything.. I'm just your prototypical Tennessee snowmeow..

   • 2003, Elizabeth A. Johnson, in alt.lifestyle.furry [6]

     I should've been born a snowmeow.

Synonyms

• snep