snarky

adjective, snark·i·er, snark·i·est. Chiefly British Slang.

testy or irritable; short.

Origin:
1910–15; dial. snark to nag, find fault with (apparently identical with snark, snork to snort, snore, probably < Dutch, Low German snorken to snore) + -y¹

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snarky (ˈsnɒːkɪ)

—*adj* , snarkier, snarkiest
	informal unpleasant and scornful

[C20: from sarcastic + nasty]

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Word Origin & History

snarky

"irritable, short-tempered," 1906, from snark (v.) "to snort" (1866), from an imitative source akin to Low Ger. snarken, N.Fris. snarke, Swed. snarka.

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Example sentences

Snarky comments are honestly unnecessary and add nothing to the discussion at

hand.

Oh please, you insult everyone's intelligence by responding with snarky

one-liners.

Mind you, it's important to be frank without being snarky or overly negative.

The one snarky comment in an otherwise positive letter could actually be a

subtle way of sabotaging the student.

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"She even had a kind of special position among men: she was an exception, she fitted none of the categories they commonly used when talking about girls; she wasn't a cock-teaser, a cold fish, an easy lay or a snarky bitch; she was an honorary person. She had grown to share their contempt for most women."

-Margaret Atwood

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