snarky
[snahr-kee]Slang.
- testy or irritable; short.
- having a rudely critical tone or manner: snarky humor.
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Origin of snarky
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Related Words
snide, cynical, irascible, sarcastic, irreverent, testy, scornful, spiteful, impertinent, cutting, irritable, caustic, abrasive, short-temperedExamples from the Web for snarky
Contemporary Examples
“Some of those people who were snarky about it might have wanted to be part of it,” she says.
The Cast of ‘Peter Pan Live!’ Knows You Hatewatched ‘The Sound of Music’Kevin Fallon
December 2, 2014
And then you'd whip out your iPhone and pull up that snarky tweet your friend wrote linking to the E!
The opening monologue was packed with witty—and in some cases, snarky—jokes.
And thanks to camera phones and Twitter, the media megaphone and its ability to be snarky is at an all-time high.
I could always call on Alex for a quote that would be clever but honest and sharp but not snarky.
Historical Examples
I say, Luke leant forward confidentially across the rickety green tin table, you know how snarky Pater was about him?
Twos and ThreesG. B. Stern
snarky
- informal unpleasant and scornful
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Word Origin
C20: from sarcastic + nasty
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