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snarky, a. colloq.|ˈsnɑːkɪ|
[f. snark v. + -y1.]
Irritable, short-tempered, ‘narky’.
1906E. Nesbit Railway Children ii. 49 Don't be snarky, Peter. It isn't our fault. 1913J. Vaizey College Girl xxiv. 326 ‘Why should you think I am ‘snarky’?’ ‘Because—you are! You're not a bit sociable and friendly.’ 1953E. Coxhead Midlanders x. 247 I've known you were the soul of kindness, under that snarky way. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 627 We also have to overcome something else—the stream of anti-government propaganda, smearing, snarky, derisive, which comes out of Fleet Street.
Hence ˈsnarkily adv.; ˈsnarkiness; ˈsnarkish a.
1912R. Fry Let. 16 Mar. (1972) I. 355 So sorry I seem so snarkish just now. 1960Economist 28 May 859/2 In some of his comments on bureaucracy there is a relapse into snarkiness. 1967Listener 20 July 91/3 Viewers' letters are not just read out. They are commented upon by Kenneth Robinson (usually rather snarkily). |