Scary Story Contest! A snow bunny is an attractive woman who enjoys skiing … or a white woman who likes or is in a relationship with a black man. Snow bunny begins in the s as a slang term for a novice skier, usually in reference to a woman. Bunny , here, may imply a sort of floppy inexperience on the slopes. This decade also saw the invention of special recreational skis and a commercial snow-making machine. Plus, the US was in a postwar economic and leisure bloom.