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2006-08-22 20:31:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
sugar makes ice cream, cake and dessert nice-tasting. spice makes food tastier. what the expression means, simply, is N_I_C_E, or NIFTY!
the expression, "sugar & spice, & everything nice" is particularly easy to remember because, like a poem, it rhymes!
2006-08-22 20:43:01 · answer #1 · answered by Likki888 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is part of a nursery rhyme, which goes something like this:
What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice, and everything nice.
What are little boys made of? Snips and snails, and puppy dogs' tails
(I don't know what a "snip" is in this context.)
2006-08-22 20:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Girls are supposed to dress up pretty and look good; this goes one step further... sugar and spice??? that's when you make love to a girl and tates her lovely aroma. Nothing on earth can compare.
2006-08-22 20:39:30 · answer #3 · answered by va3jrj 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The song goes:
"What are little girls made of, made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice,
That's what little girls are made of.
What are little boys made of, made of?
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails and puppy dog tails
That's what little boys are made of."
The idea is that girls are sweet and nice, and boys are messy and mischevious.
And as for the answerers who said that this is chavinistic against males... did it ever occur to you that this song is chavinistic against females, too?
WHY should females have to be sweet and nice always? Why can't we enjoy collecting snails and frogs and getting dirty?!
This song is male chauvinistic propaganda to keep women docile and put them in their place.
2006-08-22 20:38:31 · answer #4 · answered by Victoria 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Snips and snails and puppy-dog tails,
that’s what little boys are made of.
Sugar and spice and everything nice,
that’s what little girls are made of.
-traditional rhyme
2006-08-22 20:42:26 · answer #5 · answered by unforgettable_red 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its part of a nursery rhyme.
What are little girls made of, made of, what are little girls made of ?
Sugar and spice and all things nice, that's what little girls are made of!
What are little boys made of, made of, what are little boys made of?
Snaps and snails and puppy dog tails, that's what little boys are made of!
2006-08-22 20:37:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its actually SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE
2006-08-22 20:37:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It means girls are supposed to be sweet and kind. Obviously whoever wrote that ditty had never been around actual women for very long.
2006-08-22 20:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the crueler myths perpetrated on men.
2006-08-22 20:36:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whoops! Editited to remove my answer!
2006-08-22 20:38:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋