snarky

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

snark +‎ -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from 1866 snark (“to snort”), by (onomatopoeia). Compare Low German snarken, North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka.[1]

[edit] Adjective

snarky (comparative snarkier, superlative snarkiest)

  1. (informal) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation; often humourously.

[edit] Translations

sarcastic and irreverent

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] References

  1. ^ “snarky” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
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