snark

¹

[ snahrk ]

noun

1. a mysterious, imaginary animal.

snark

²

[ snahrk ]

verb (used without object)

1. to be critical in a rude or sarcastic way:

   to snark about the neighbors.

noun

1. rude or sarcastic criticism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snark¹

First recorded in 1876; coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark

Origin of snark²

First recorded in 1910–15; dialectal snark “to nag, find fault with”; apparently identical with snark, snork “to snort, snore,” probably from Dutch, Low German snorken “to snore”

Example Sentences

Moreno's snark about post-menopausal women also showed a failure to imagine women as full humans with functioning brains.

From Salon

The snark level, meantime, was sky-high as cheeky partisans projected onto Trump Tower — which loomed over downtown like a middle finger extended at Democrats — a set of taunting slogans along the lines of: “Trump-Vance ‘Weird As Hell.’

From Los Angeles Times

But the night wasn’t all snark and pity-party, was it?

From Los Angeles Times

That means the snark can begin.:

From Seattle Times

“Nice to meet you too,” she said, her snark totally lost on Kat.

From Literature