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Snarky message for George K
Topic Started: Dec 5 2005, 08:35 PM (276 Views)
pianojerome
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What does "snarky" mean?

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Ha. I looked at the title to this thread and though, "what the heck does snarky mean?" Lo and behold. :D
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George K
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1. (adjective) describes a witty mannerism, personality, or behavior that is a combination of sarcasm and cynicism. Usually accepted as a complimentary term. Snark is sometimes mistaken for a snotty or arrogant attitude.

2. adjective - Any language that contains quips or comments containing sarcastic or satirical witticisms intended as blunt irony. Usually delivered in a manner that is somewhat abrupt and out of context and intended to stun and amuse. Origin: Snark="snide remark".

3. Critical in a curmudgeonly sort of way.

The adjective snarky is first recorded in 1906. It is from dialectal British snark, meaning 'to nag, find fault with', which is probably the same word as snark, snork, meaning 'to snort, snore'. (The likely connection is the derisive snorting sound of someone who is always finding fault.) Most dictionaries label snarky as "Chiefly British Slang." But for the last five or more years, it has become increasingly common in American publications, maybe ones infiltrated by British or Canadian writers and journalists.

4. words that are intended to both impress and belittle someone at the same time; haughty
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Well, Webster doesn't know either. :wave2:
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Good word. I like it!
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May have originally been British slang, but pretty common here in Canada; been around a long time.
You need better dictionaries :lol2: (that was snarky)
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from OED: 1. Irritable, short-tempered, ‘narky’.

Nothing about witty...
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Narky is common in the UK, meaning irritable, but I've never heard of snarky. One can be 'narked', meaning irritated.
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ivorythumper
Dec 6 2005, 10:27 AM
from OED: 1. Irritable, short-tempered, ‘narky’.

Nothing about witty...

Yep; the OED isn't perzactly the best source for common usages here in the U.S., I'm afraid.
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sue
Dec 5 2005, 09:18 PM
May have originally been British slang, but pretty common here in Canada; been around a long time.
You need better dictionaries :lol2: (that was snarky)

My dictionary is just find. Though the question was about the word snarky, not narky. Maybe you need to see a optometrist. (Now that was being a smartass.) :lol:
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George K
Dec 5 2005, 09:41 PM
1. (adjective) describes a witty mannerism, personality, or behavior that is a combination of sarcasm and cynicism. Usually accepted as a complimentary term. Snark is sometimes mistaken for a snotty or arrogant attitude.

2. adjective - Any language that contains quips or comments containing sarcastic or satirical witticisms intended as blunt irony. Usually delivered in a manner that is somewhat abrupt and out of context and intended to stun and amuse. Origin: Snark="snide remark".

3. Critical in a curmudgeonly sort of way.

The adjective snarky is first recorded in 1906. It is from dialectal British snark, meaning 'to nag, find fault with', which is probably the same word as snark, snork, meaning 'to snort, snore'. (The likely connection is the derisive snorting sound of someone who is always finding fault.) Most dictionaries label snarky as "Chiefly British Slang." But for the last five or more years, it has become increasingly common in American publications, maybe ones infiltrated by British or Canadian writers and journalists.

4. words that are intended to both impress and belittle someone at the same time; haughty

you were certainly selective in quoting from your Urban Dictionary source -- not that some of the definitions are not rather repulsive....

I'll stick with the OED.
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ivorythumper
Dec 6 2005, 03:46 PM
you were certainly selective in quoting from your Urban Dictionary source -- not that some of the definitions are not rather repulsive....

I'll stick with the OED.

Just the first source I came up with when I googled "snarky" :yes:
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ivorythumper
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I was just being snarky (ill tempered, not particularly witty). :wink:
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George K
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There's also this:

http://www.robsv.com/cape/c1lv.html

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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
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Dec 6 2005, 11:02 AM
sue
Dec 5 2005, 09:18 PM
May have originally been British slang, but pretty common here in Canada; been around a long time.
You need better dictionaries :lol2: (that was snarky)

My dictionary is just find. Though the question was about the word snarky, not narky. Maybe you need to see a optometrist. (Now that was being a smartass.) :lol:

Excuse me, but I was talking about the word 'snarky'.
Maybe you need to see an optometrist and then some.
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Dec 6 2005, 10:58 AM
ivorythumper
Dec 6 2005, 10:27 AM
from OED: 1.  Irritable, short-tempered, ‘narky’.

Nothing about witty...

Yep; the OED isn't perzactly the best source for common usages here in the U.S., I'm afraid.

Maybe not, but the OED is the bible of dictionaries! :cool:
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John D'Oh
Dec 6 2005, 10:56 AM
Narky is common in the UK, meaning irritable, but I've never heard of snarky. One can be 'narked', meaning irritated.

Drink!

That's what he always said. It was bugging me, I couldn't remember. ^_^

I've never heard 'narky'. Cool, now I have a new word to use.
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