snark

¹

[snahrk]

noun

1. a mysterious, imaginary animal.

snark

²

[snahrk]

verb (used without object)

1. to be critical in a rude or sarcastic way.

   to snark about the neighbors.

noun

1. rude or sarcastic criticism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snark¹

First recorded in 1876; coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark

Origin of snark²

First recorded in 1910–15; dialectal snark “to nag, find fault with”; apparently identical with snark, snork “to snort, snore,” probably from Dutch, Low German snorken “to snore”

Example Sentences

But even if he gets past the built-in anti-California bias among so many voters outside our blessed state, he’s not going to snark his way to the White House.

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By putting herself out there with her mangled face first, before some tabloid site could snark on her unfortunate new kisser, Abraham hasn’t just taken control of the inevitable spin – she’s made it okay to laugh about it.

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There were two assignments that I took, and I thought, OK, I’m gonna try out what later became known as snark.

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Nor does he regularly engage in the kind of snark, satire, industry commentary and A-list name-checking that has become standard for an awards show host.

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Besides there being nothing remotely related to comedy in his statement, Gutfeld’s remark underscores how his brand is almost entirely built on bile, bite and snark — a combination, for what it’s worth, that basically describes every right-wing media influencer out there.

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