SNUB. To reprimand; check; rebuke. Used among students, more frequently than by any other class of persons.
SOPH. In the University of Cambridge, England, an abbreviation of
SOPHISTER.—Webster.
On this word, Crabb, in his Technological Dictionary, says: "A certain distinction or title which undergraduates in the University at Oxford assume, previous to their examination for a degree. It took its rise in the exercises which students formerly had to go through, but which are now out of use."
Three College Sophs, and three pert Templars came,
The same their talents, and their tastes the same.
Pope's Dunciad, B. II. v. 389, 390.
2. In the American colleges, an abbreviation of Sophomore.
Sophs wha ha' in Commons fed!
Sophs wha ha' in Commons bled!
Sophs wha ne'er from Commons fled!
Puddings, steaks, or wines!
Rebelliad, p. 52.
The Sophs did nothing all the first fortnight but torment the
Fresh, as they call us.—Harvardiana, Vol. III. p. 76.
The Sophs were victorious at every point.—Yale Banger, Nov. 10, 1846.
My Chum, a Soph, says he committed himself too soon.—The
Dartmouth, Vol. IV. p. 118.
SOPHIC. A contraction of sophomoric.