Friday, November 22, 2013

Word of the Day

snarky \SNAHR-kee\,
adjective:
testy or irritable; short.

"I am," I told her, trying not to sound snarky. "You told me just yesterday that you'd signed up for tap lessons."
-- Amy Bloom, "Full of It," 2007

But I wanted to explore my attraction/repulsion to fame in a different way, and not just say snarky things about Cher or what have you.
-- Cintra Wilson, "Colors Insulting to Nature," 2010

Snarky arose in the early 1900s from the verb snark which meant "to snort" and "to nag."

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