Snarky

[Grant Barrett]

As fun as it is, citing Urban Dictionary is like citing bathroom
graffitti. It's just not authoritative enough to stand alone. "Usually
accepted as a complimentary term" is baloney. There's a 10,000 to one
cite ratio of snark-as-negative to snark-as-positive. "Sometimes
mistaken for a snotty or arrogant attitude" should be "; a snotty or
arrogant attitude." There's no mistaking about it.

I also don't see why irascible doesn't work as a def in the CNN
paragraph.

Off to click the thumbs-down icon in Urban Dictionary,

Grant Barrett


On Oct 14, 2004, at 04:04, Benjamin J Barrett wrote:

> The AHD4 online gives:
>     "Slang Irritable or short-tempered; irascible."
>
> The Urban Dictionary
> (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snarky) gives:
>     "(adjective) describes a witty mannerism, personality, or behavior
> that is a combination of sarcasm and cynicism. Usually accepted as a
> complimentary term. Snark is sometimes mistaken for a snotty or
> arrogant
> attitude."
>
> Here's a citation that doesn't surely doesn't fit in the AHD
> definition,
> though I'm not 100% sure about the UD definition (citation from
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/13/viewer.reax/):
>
> "Tim from Maryland:
>
> "While Kerry sometimes leans too heavily on statistics and arcane
> figures, it is clear he has a command of the issues impacting the lives
> of most Americans, and has a thoughtful plan to address each one. Bush
> is clearly looking past the questions for any opportunity to place a
> prepared one-liner fed him by a speech writer. If Bush spent his energy
> studying the issues facing this country, and spent a little less time
> being snarky, he might just learn about what the rest of us need from
> our president."
>
> Could Tim mean that the President is being sarcastic/cynical or perhaps
> snotty? The citation doesn't seem definite, but it is interesting.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Ballard Visualization Complete
>