snark
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Noun — (informal) A mocking, sarcastic attitude or remark.
Etymology
The noun sense meaning “snide remark” arose as a back-formation from snarky (1906), which itself came from the obsolete verb snark (“to snore, snort”) (1866). That verb traces to Middle English *snarken (“to snore”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, formed from snore and -k. Compare Low German snarken, North Frisian...
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