snotsicle

snotsicle

English

A cross-country skier with snotsicles.

Etymology

Blend of snot +‎ icicle, or snot +‎ -sicle.

Noun

snotsicle (plural snotsicles)

1. (informal) A solidly frozen trail of mucus from the nose.
   • 2007, Rob Story, "Pain Season", Skiing, October 2007, page 42:

     I gathered the photo of Dan Withey's 40-yard Wasatch contrail, the vintage travel poster of a jaunty Brit taking trains to the Alps, and a 1979 magazine cover of a bearded dude dangling a two-inch frozen snotsicle, and stuffed them in a closet.

   • 2010, Michael Engelhard, "Biking Cool", in Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska (ed. Michael Engelhard), University of Alaska Press (2010), →ISBN, page 97:

     With our snotsicles and waxy cheeks, our breaths' plumes and hulking silhouettes, we may look like members of Scott's last expedition.

   • 2011, Greg Wright, Daddy Dates: Four Daughters, One Clueless Dad, and His Quest to Win Their Hearts: The Road Map for Any Dad to Raise a Strong and Confident Daughter, Thomas Nelson (2011), →ISBN, page 188:

     "Got it. Here's the deal. Go take a shower. Not a hot one, but not chilly enough to give you a snotsicle. Nobody wants to see that."