Meaning of snarkasm | Babel Free

Definitions

Snarky sarcasm.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“‘You gotta do something for me.’ ‘Newsflash,’ said Stone, looking from side to side, snarkasm flooding his tone.”

““Glenn, why on Earth would you redecorate this masterpiece? I love⟳ it!” “You do?” [laughing] “No! I was using my patented brand of snark-asm.” “Oh!””

“Brit-wit, in fact, could be seen as the precursor to the communicative style valorized on these beratement panels and on fan/rating communities, namely snark or snarkasm. Snark, a hybrid of “snide” and “remark⟳," is a biting, casual verbal attack. Its subtle insult comprises a tone that acts as a weapon to cut⟳ its target⟳ down to size.”

“Caleb replied: “<Snarkasm On> Yes, but consider⟳: When they do the Wikipedia download⟳, they had to take⟳ a snapshot of the site contents. At any given time, especially Saturday evenings when college students have⟳ been drinking, some of those pages are being vandalized. So just consider⟳ that the Idi Amin Wikipedia bio page we get⟳ on DVD might say⟳, ‘General Idi A. Meany, Notorious Egg Sucker, President of Bananaland...’ <Snarkasm Off>””

“sneercasm or snarkasm or scarcasm = sarcasm, depending on how deeply it cuts . . .”

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