5 November 2016

snus

[snuhs]

noun

1. a moist powder tobacco product originating from a variant of dry snuff in early 18th-century Sweden. It is placed under the upper lip for extended periods. Snus is not fermented and contains no added sugar. Although used similarly to American dipping tobacco, snus does not typically result in the need for spitting and, unlike naswar (a moist, powdered tobacco snuff consumed mostly in Persia, Central and South Asia), snus is steam-pasteurized.

Example

Snuff used in the nose is referred to as torrsnus (dry snuff) or, more correctly, as luktsnus (“smelling snuff”) in Swedish. The moist form of snuff placed under the upper lip is called simply snus in Swedish.

Today’s quote

Condemn no man for not thinking as you think: let every one enjoy the full and free liberty of thinking for himself. Let every man use his own judgement since every man must give an account of himself before God.

– John Wesley

On this day

5 November 1605 – Guy Fawkes Day. Celebrates King James I survived an attempt on his life when Guy Fawkes and others from the Gunpowder Plot placed gunpowder around the House of Lords in a failed attempt to blow up parliament.

5 November 1996 – Bill Clinton secures a second term as U.S. President, with a land-slide victory. Clinton is the first Democrat in 50 years to win consecutive terms of government.