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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.
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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”
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Example Sentences

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Food criticism served with a side of snark has a surprisingly long pedigree, one that stretches far beyond the realm of Instagram influencers, Yelp reviews or even newspapers.

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All these women have done all week is snark at one another and talk behind each others’ backs, and now Laurie wants to tether her sense of self-worth to them?

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Walz said that Democrats shouldn't be in the business of barbs and snark for the next four years.

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And at times, Hester does feel like a stone skipping across a continent-wide toxic lake, with quick observations full of snark.

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The problem is that by starting from a place of snark, the movie ensures we’ll never see the monkey as anything but a novelty gag, the dropping of its drumstick hand a gore lover’s dopamine fix.

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