When you are popular enough for people to know your face, but not enough that they know your name.
-as heard on SNL by Finesse Mitchell
person on the street " hey! aren't you famous? your ummmm, i know your name... its on the tip of my tongue... * snaps a few times*....i'm sorry its just not coming to me"
he was only snap famous.
(Coined by the infamous Kevin Hart during a live interview):
(adj.): A person or figure who is snap-finger famous is one whose cultural relevance balances between nonexistent and barely tangible.
*starts snapping fingers rhythmically*
"Aw, shit- what's that one useless bitch's name again?... Yeah, that one-"
*continues snapping fingers while furiously attempting to jog the memory*
"Yeah! That Kim Kardashian bitch, that's the one."
(snap-finger famous)