It's parasitic, referential, insinuating.
Snark doesn't create a new image, a new idea. having a rudely critical tone or manner: snarky humor. 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. In a media society, snark is an easy way of seeming smart. the greatest person alive on the face of this earth. Snark will get you any way it can, fore and aft, and to hell with consistency. 2010, David Denby, Snark, Pan Macmillan ( →ISBN), page 4: A snide, sarcastic, or disrespectful attitude: 'On the issue of mainstream monotheistic religions and the irrationality behind many of religion's core tenets, scientists often set aside their skewers, their snark, and their impatient demand for proof, and instead don the calming cardigan of a kiddie-show host on public TV' (Natalie Angier). It is made from high quality American hardwood planks with a hand painted face, and printed with UV cured ink, and is framed in a natural walnut frame.
Of Germanic origin, but ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Low German snarken, North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka, and English snort, and snore. snarky adjective informal us / snr.ki / uk / sn.
quotations ( obsolete) Irritable, irritated. Noun sense “snide remark” as back-formation from snarky (1906), from obsolete snark ( “ to snore, snort ”, verb ) (1866), from Middle English snarken ( “ to snore ” ). snarky ( comparative snarkier, superlative snarkiest ) ( informal, often humorous) Snide and sarcastic usually out of irritation.
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