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

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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There is little brawling and less snark.

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To vent, she took to the Life Coach Snark subreddit — one of several forums where people share their experiences with life coaches they suspect are taking advantage of people — and a deluge of similar tales came in.

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We get the hint that she has a dark backstory, that her snark is a shield, but we’ll have to wait for Book 2 to find out.

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