snark·y (snär'kē)
adj. snark·i·er, snark·i·est Slang
1.Rudely sarcastic or disrespectful; snide.
2.Irritable or short-tempered; irascible.
[From dialectal snark, to nag, from snark, snork, to snore, snort, from Dutch and Low German snorken, of imitative origin.]
snark'i·ly adv.
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