snarky
pronunciation
How to pronounce snarky in British English:
UK [ˈsnɑ:ki]
How to pronounce snarky in American English:
US [ˈsnɑrki]
Word Origin
- snarky (adj.)
- "irritable, short-tempered," 1906, from snark (v.) "to find fault with, nag" (1882), literally "to snort" (1866), from an imitative source akin to Low German snarken, North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka; and compare snarl (v.2), sneer (v.). Back-formation snark (n.) "caustic, opinionated, and critical rhetoric" is from c.2002 (compare snark (n.)). Related: Snarkily; snarkiness.
Example
- 1. Why are you so snarky about ?
- 2. There are a million snarky mommy blogs .
- 3. Glassdoor requires all reviewers to make positive comments as well as snarky ones .
- 4. The snarky answer is : because they know taxpayers will bail them out .
- 5. We get snarky about our boss to align ourselves with our colleague .