Etymology

snooz

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Today it means: The snooze button on an alarm clock. Full definition →

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The story

A simplified spelling of snooze chiefly used in General Electric alarm clocks manufactured from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.