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"Snu-Snu" is a term for sexual intercourse originally used by a tribe of giant female aliens in the animated television series Futurama. Online, the phrase "death by snu snu" is typically used as a humorous reference in discussions about exceptionally tall or muscular women.

Origin

In Season 3 Episode 1 of Futurama, originally aired on February 4th, 2001, the male crew members of the Planet Express Ship are taken hostage by Amazonians, a tribe of giant women in an alien matriarchal society who use the word "snu-snu" as a synonym for sexual intercourse. Shortly after, the artificial intelligence leader of the Amazonians sentences the characters Zapp, Fry and Kif to "death by snu-snu" (shown below).





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On January 22nd, 2004, Urban Dictionary user SS submitted an entry for "snu snu," defining it as "endless sex forced on a man." On October 1st, 2008, Yahoo! Answers user JB posted a question asking for the definition of "snu snu," to which user Hey You! cited its origin in the episode of Futurama. On July 15th, 2009, a Facebook page titled "Death by Snu Snu" was launched, gathering more than 31,600 likes in the next five years. On June 7th, 2011, Redditor Torocatala submitted a photograph of a tall woman titled "Death by snu-snu gets real" to the /r/futurama subreddit (shown below).





On December 8th, 2013, DeviantArtist Nebezial uploaded an illustration of the DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman asking fellow superhero Super Girl "what in Hera's name is snu-snu?" (shown below).





On February 13th, 2014, Redditor bipolarbearsRAWR submitted a post to the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit asking for the meaning of the phrase "death by snu snu." On June 4th, Redditor Velorium_Camper posted a photograph of a tall woman bending down to a smaller man titled "Death… by snu snu!" to the /r/funny subreddit, where it garnered upwards of 3,000 upvotes and 150 comments in the first week (shown below).





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