snark

¹ American  

[snahrk] / snɑrk /

noun

1. a mysterious, imaginary animal.

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snark ² American  

[snahrk] / snɑrk /

verb (used without object)

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

   to snark about the neighbors.

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noun

1. rude or sarcastic criticism.

Etymology

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

A stint on the short-lived 1990 series “E.A.R.T.H Force” earned him some light snark from The Times’ then-critic Howard Rosenberg.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times