diff --git a/my_snippets/snippets.snippets b/my_snippets/snippets.snippets
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+# copied from https://github.com/honza/vim-snippets/blob/master/UltiSnips/snippets.snippets
+snippet snip "Ultisnips snippet definition" b
+`!p snip.rv = "snippet"` ${1:Tab_trigger} "${2:Description}" ${3:b}
+${0:${VISUAL}}
+`!p snip.rv = "endsnippet"`
+endsnippet