Added 9 October 2026
snarky
/ˈsnɑɹ.ki/ adjective
In Latin: dicax Wiktionary
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- Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
- Irritable, irritated.
Origin
From snark + -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s.
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