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snarky

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsnɑɹ.ki/(US)
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/ˈsnɑɹ.ki/(US) · /ˈsnɑː.ki/(UK)

Definition of snarky

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (humorous, informal, often)Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
    “In spite of its inherent banality, and because my editors let me relieve my dyspepsia by writing snarky captions, it is regularly one of the more popular destinations on the Globe and Mail website.”
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adj

  1. (humorous, informal, often)Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
    “In spite of its inherent banality, and because my editors let me relieve my dyspepsia by writing snarky captions, it is regularly one of the more popular destinations on the Globe and Mail website.”
  2. (obsolete)Irritable, irritated.
    “'I hate you,' she said briefly, and Philip understood. 'I couldn't help it,' he said; 'I did want to do something by myself.' And Lucy understood. 'And besides,' he said, 'I was coming back for you. Don't be snarky about it, Lu.”
    “'E barks. "I'll do me work meself, yeh 'ear?" An' then 'e gits so snarky that I clear.”

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Etymology

From snark + -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s.

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