Snarks
el...@peg.pegasus.oz.au
BC (bcholmes@ interlog.com) writes:
> LKirk76 (lki...@aol.com) wrote:
> : I don't know what a snark is.
>Mary Malmros wrote:
>>
>> Someone who carps, snipes, etc.
{BC's interestingly obscure references snipped}
In our circle, "snark" is a verb or an adverb, "snarky".
Snarking is sort of a combination of snarling and narking, narking
being an aggressive highly-critical, overly-precise nagging. When one
is snarky, they are fundamentally feeling narky, but too cross and
irritable to actually nark at people, so they kinda snarl narkily, ie,
they snark. Its kind of a dark critical grumbly place with teeth and a
hair trigger, but not a lot of energy behind it.
Use: V - "Don't snark at me! If your in such a shitty mood, go have a
bath!"
Adv - "Don't pay to much attention to me, I'm just feeling snarky. If
things keep going this way, tomorrow I'll be unfit for human
consumption."
There, does that help?
BTW, snark (as a noun) was also the subject of a Jack London story,
and "snark" the name of a ship, but I think he was referring to the
fabulous bird, the "snark", which was also the objective of many a
"snark hunt" in my misspent childhood, back in the early 60s. I think
the verb snark comes from the habits of the mythical avian lifeform.
Dhanu
Sean Bragger
el...@peg.pegasus.oz.au writes:
>In our circle, "snark" is a verb or an adverb, "snarky".
>
>Snarking is sort of a combination of snarling and narking, narking
>being an aggressive highly-critical, overly-precise nagging. When one
>is snarky, they are fundamentally feeling narky, but too cross and
>irritable to actually nark at people, so they kinda snarl narkily, ie,
>they snark. Its kind of a dark critical grumbly place with teeth and a
>hair trigger, but not a lot of energy behind it.
Man I want some of what you are on. I realize that this contributes
nothing useful to the discussion, but, what the hell, you're discussing
the meaning of the word "snark". What more need I say.
:-)
Prowler
Matthew Aaron Troxle
Sarah E. Goodman
el...@peg.pegasus.oz.au writes:
>BTW, snark (as a noun) was also the subject of a Jack London story,
>and "snark" the name of a ship, but I think he was referring to the
>fabulous bird, the "snark", which was also the objective of many a
>"snark hunt" in my misspent childhood, back in the early 60s. I think
>the verb snark comes from the habits of the mythical avian lifeform.
I think the first literary usage of "snark" is in Lewis Carroll's hunting
of the Snark (in which we learn that a snark is not a boojum <which I am
probably misspelling). Also recommended reading, Daniel Pinkwater's
Snarkout Boys novels (& the Avacado of Doom is one and I've forgotten the
other).
When I was misspending my childhood (same era--California, Colorado and
Tejas) we hunted snipe, not snarks, so there appears to be regional
variations.
(Now, if someone will tell me what this has to do with the ostensible topic?)
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