The Brief: A snake is someone who seems sincere and kind but is really sneaky, backstabbing, and/or evil.

DEEP DIVE
Like the animal, a human “snake” is someone cold, calculating and/or sneaky.
I don’t need no, fake
Soon as I wake up keep an eye out for the snakes, yeah –Nicki Minaj, “No Frauds”
I've had so many SNAKES try and come up around again and I'm like not today SATAN
— Trisha Paytas (@trishapaytas) September 3, 2018