Your little brain is working here too. . Time for one before the day the big fat man in a red suit visits?
Snippy. When the publisher asked the short story writer when his book would be finished, he said ... 4 words …. tentbowginlo
Too easy. Have not heard that expression.. snippy.. is it American? Yours will test my little grey cells I think.
Now you are having a loan of me. Snippy definition: sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way;
No it is the weird Aussie sense of humor. We have some ripper idioms. There is a slang thread somewhere. More than happy to post some more of ours.