Word of the Day - Guttersnipe

The word of the day in the London Free Press was

Guttersnipe

Definition: someone of low unregenerable economic and moral status.

So, we (at work on break) were really curious....Where did the word "snipe"come from?....I figured it was of an old norse root.... but what is a snipe?

Thanks to my co-worker, we found out that a snipe is in fact a bird!

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle Englishcandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snīpa snipe; akin to Old High German snepfa snipe Date: 14th century

1 or plural snipe : any of various usually slender-billed birds of the sandpiper family;especially : any of several game birds (especially genus Gallinago) especially of marshy areas

Ever seen the movie UP? Cartoon about an elderly man and his grand adventure to South American.

A little boy scout spends a lot of the movie looking for the Snipe.

I enjoyed the "snipe hunt" in the movie, but didn't know it was a real bird... haha.... anyways, so you all now know... A Snipe.

"Here snipe, here snipe!" (Clap, Clap)