| Example | Context | | --- | --- | | The students caught Rachel and Mike snogging in the school toilets. | Informal, teenage romance. | | Can you please turn down the music, I'm trying to snog my boyfriend under the stars. | Romantic/trippy ambiance. | | I tried to hide in the corner when I saw my parents snogging at the party. | Uncomfortable, family moment. | | The new celebrity couple got caught snogging at the paparazzi's pushy persistence. | Gossipy/newsworthy social scene. | | Just remember, keeping your business to yourself and keeping it snogging on the low is often preferred. | Secrecy/ discretion - fashionable gossip.
A surname of English origin, "Snodgrass" is derived from the Scottish Gaelic "snadd" meaning "prodigy" or "wonder" and "gras" meaning "grass" or "herb".