Yo this thread Confused me so much I had to look up the definition of dry snitchin.
dry snitching
To indirectly tell secrets or offenses to a person of authority or any person meant to be kept away from a secret or offense, sometimes inadvertently.*
If the telling of secrets or offenses is purposeful, minute details are usually left out as not to appear to be directly telling.*
It is indirectly*snitching.*
"I see this offensive picture is still up. I recall other member's being banned for posting such a thing."
"I see this offensive picture is still up. I recall other member's being banned for posting such a thing."*
This person is dry snitching on the person that posted the offensive picture. The person is not directly named (a minute detail) and a direct action is not actually being suggested.
"Stop dry snitching. You are going to get him banned"*
Snitching
Al, I saw your wife Betty down at the bar. She was hanging on some young stud.
Dry Snitching
Al, I didn’t know Betty had any relatives in town. I saw her with what must have been her nephew down at the bar. They look like they have a very close relationship.
Snitching
Jake, Alice just spent a fortune at the department store. My wife saw her, and she said it looked like she spent about 6 month's salary on new clothes.
Dry Snitching
Jake, you old dog, you must have landed that big account. That was so sweet of you to let your wife use it for a new wardrobe. It looks like she did you right. There couldn’t be a dime left of it. What a guy! I should be more generous with my wife.
This is not an art to be practiced by the detail un-oriented or the meek and clumsy. It is a polished and refined craft that is only to be utilized by the top-notch tattler. Stay out of deep waters if you can't swim with the sharks. Either that, or make sure you have an arsenal of incriminating accusations that you, too, can use to retaliate.