Word Play -- Word of the Day: "Snuffy"

In this house full of writers, we find that sometimes inventing a new word or re-purposing an old one serves as well or better than existing words to describe an action or situation. The bonus is that making up the new word scratches ye ole creativity urge.

Word for today is "snuffy." As a noun, Snuffy, just as on Sesame Street is short for "snuffleupagus." It becomes the immediate nickname for Po, our food-motivated Tuxedo cat. It is onomatopoeic for the sound that Po makes as he roots through his wet food to find the pieces of dry food that we planted to encourage him to finish the wet.  As a verb, it is the act of both placing the dry pieces in the wet, and it is the act of finding the dry pieces.  BTW for those readers who don't know, "Po" is also a nickname, his given name is "Rascal."

Bonus points: Why "Po?"