To "sneap" someone is to snub them; to feel "sneaped" is to feel that you've been badly treated in some way. The word was often used by my grandmother after family gatherings, when she felt that she had not been given the proper respect, usually by a younger, female family member.
The word seems to originate from the Middle English word "snaipen", which can mean "to injure". It can also mean "to blast with cold" - similar to the phrase "to give someone the cold shoulder".
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