Meaning & use

Snow bunnies

noun·Everyday

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Informal term for young women who frequent ski resorts, often more interested in the social scene or fashionable look of the sport than in skiing itself; more broadly, novice skiers or snowboarders.

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The lodge bar filled up with snow bunnies in matching white ski outfits by mid-afternoon.

He laughed that half the "snow bunnies" on the bunny slope had never worn skis before this trip.

A note on using this word

The term dates to mid-20th-century ski culture slang and can carry a dismissive or objectifying tone, so it is best used cautiously and mainly in casual, informal contexts.

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