Snark (speech)

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Snark refers to a belittling style of speech or writing. It could loosely be described as irritable or "snidely derisive"; hence, 'snarkish', 'snarky', 'to snark at somebody'. (The [Urban Dictionary] refers to it as a contraction of "snide remark".)

This word has Germanic origins and is etymologically unrelated to the imaginary creature in Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark.

Snark is also often used in fandom to describe a character's/writer's comment, action, way of acting/ writing style.

Example:

Jane: That comment made by Sydney Bristow was snarky!

Jimmy: Thank god for J.J. Abram's writing genius.

The adjective "snarky" derived from snark was used often on the short-lived 2004 Fox series, Wonderfalls. More information about the show can be found at [Wonderfalls.]

See also

• [Definition of "snark"] at Wiktionary

• Television Without Pity

 

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