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Etymology[edit]
snot + -ley, a suffix used in several popular names, including Ashley and Bradley, from Old English leah (“clearing, meadow”).
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Snotley
- (slang, derogatory) Used as a generic name for an ill-behaved or spoiled child.
2002 June 26, Patrick M Geahan, “Re: NEWS: AMA endorsing BFing”, in alt.support.childfree[1] (Usenet):If so, I call bullshit...if I can't eat in, say, Bed Bath and Beyond, neither can Little Snotley.
2004 August 20, puppet_sock [username], “Re: Lil dullards”, in alt.support.childfree[2] (Usenet):Yes, there are more critical things to worry about during a power failure than whether little Snotley can watch his cartoons.
2006 March 12, 12 March, “Re: a mild rant”, in alt.support.childfree[3] (Usenet):If they had told her that Snotley wasn't allowed into the studio, she'd have probably filed a lawsuit, of course.
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