snarky

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (humorous, informal, often) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
  2. (obsolete) Irritable, irritated.

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈsnɑɹ.ki/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

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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