Dial.Ĭlearly, snarky is a rapidly evolving term, and dictionaries have only recently begun to come to grips with it. 1941: "It's a snarky one -a super-dooper." Radio, Fibber McGee, Nov. From Harold Wentworth & Stuart Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang (1960): GAMES & QUIZZES THESAURUS WORD OF THE DAY FEATURES SHOP Buying Guide M-W Books.
Smarky def full#
The third edition of Kipfer & Chapman (1995) has the same entry for snarky as the fourth edition (except that it also identifies the sources of the two included examples).Ī very different-and presumably obsolete-meaning appears in the first edition of the Dictionary of American Slang, however. crotchety, snappish sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone or manner See the full definition. Snarky Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SNARKY is crotchety, snappish. Snarky adj Irritable, touchy : She's just in a snarky mood, that's all / a snarky, no-illusions, but far-from-hopeless comedy The third edition of the AHDEL has no entry for snarky.įrom Barbara Kipfer & Robert Chapman, Dictionary of American Slang, fourth edition (2007): Snarky adj Slang Irritable or short-tempered irascible. Adjective - Any language that contains quips or comments containing sarcastic or satirical witticisms intended as blunt irony. The Tenth Edition (1993) has only the "CROTCHETY, SNAPPISH" definition, and the Ninth Edition (1989) has no entry for snarky.įrom The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fourth edition (2000): And odds are youre not invited to too many. The Eleventh Edition's definition 2 is new to that edition. If youre prone to picking fights, making snarky comments, and being frustratingly stubborn, youre fractious. Snarky adj (1906) 1 : CROTCHETY, SNAPPISH 2 : sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone or manner But let's see how various reference works define the term.įrom Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, eleventh edition (2003): he is the love of my life, my one true love, my soulmate.
he is exceptionally good-looking, as agreed by several hundred girls.
he is extremely likeable, it is impossible to disike him. I don't associate the word with merely wry or off-the-cuff humor. the greatest person alive on the face of this earth. My impression is that people use snarky to mean everything from "mean-spirited" or "rude" (no hint of humor) to "sarcastic" (humor with a hostile edge).
0 kommentar(er)
