Snark snark snark snark snark!!

[kellinator]

Lately I've been getting a lot of comments asking what snark is. So I'm thinking, we need a definitive definition of "snark." Post your best try and your definition may end up on my info page.

Here's what Homicide had to say on the subject:

Kellerman: You sure you want me with you?
Bayliss: Yeah. Sure, why not?
Kellerman: I don't know. The last time we worked together, you, uh, were kinda snarky.
Bayliss: Snarky?
Kellerman: Yeah. Snarky. You know, from the ancient Greek, meaning butthead.

Comments

[daraflower.livejournal.com]

i think of it as similar to being sassy, but in a particularly irreverent fashion.

[daraflower.livejournal.com]

whoa, i see the dictionary definitions don't quite jive... for one thing, i had forgotten about The Hunting of the Snark. :O

but still, i certainly think of crotchety as something completely different... and even snappish, well, i think snarky connotes some greater intelligence behind the snapping. snappishness could refer to a quickness of wit i associate with snark... i think snarky is sort of like wry, but lighter and more... topically humorous?