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Posted By: Father Steve Snarky - 07/30/04 10:55 PM
Arianna Huffington wrote a column about Teresa Heinz Kerry in which she said "Almost every story about her these days includes at least one snarky remark ..."

Snarky?



Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Snarky - 07/30/04 11:56 PM
snippy little comments coming from jealousy and condescension.

Posted By: sjmaxq Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 12:44 AM
aka boojumesque

Posted By: tsuwm Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 01:49 AM
"...one snarky remark."

I can't really tell out of context, but it could mean sarcastic here.

max: ha!

edit: here's the entire article:
http://www.alternet.org/story/19301/

Posted By: Father Steve Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 01:58 AM
I thought it might have something to do with the snark, as in Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark," which is, perhaps, what Max is suggesting, obliquely.

Posted By: sjmaxq Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 03:20 AM
Sorry, padre, couldn't help myself. Snarky is so common a word here that defining it seems hard, hence my dodge, son.

Posted By: Father Steve Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 03:38 AM
Sorry, padre, couldn't help myself.

Usually, repentence is a precondition to absolution, but I'll let you off without a penance on this one.


Posted By: sjmaxq Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 07:25 AM
>but I'll let you off without a penance on this one.

Even though I'd done it again? Thanks.

Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 10:33 AM
better get out of dodge, max...

Posted By: amemeba Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 01:06 PM
Snarky...

I got it, it's an acronym!

Snappy neo-hippie arrogant rich kook Yugoslavian.

(But...uh, isn't there a law or something about not having a Yugoslavian as First Lady?)





Posted By: TEd Remington Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 03:58 PM
Heinzsight is always 20-20, except when it takes 60 minutes

Posted By: Faldage Re: Heinzsight - 07/31/04 04:23 PM
Now *that one I liked.

Posted By: Jenet Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 05:12 PM
Heinzsight is 57 minutes, plus the commercial break.

Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 06:34 PM
pretty saucy, jenet...

Posted By: jheem Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 08:21 PM
Snarky?

Thought it is a portmanteau word for snide remark. Could be wrong. Who knows?

Posted By: wow Re: Snarky - 07/31/04 08:42 PM
For snarky OED says "irritable, short-tempered."
For snark : snore, snort, find fault (with,) nag,
a fabulous animal, also an elusive truth or goal.

Well, guess that clears that up!
(how do you make a cross-eyed thingie with the keyboard?)

Posted By: wow Re:first lady - 07/31/04 08:48 PM
law or something about not having a Yugoslavian as First Lady?
Nope. However : The President, The U.S. Constitution says : "Clause 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."

Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: first lady - 07/31/04 08:59 PM
Yugoslavian

How about a Moçambicana?



All seriousness aside, do we have an origin for "snarky"?

Posted By: Faldage Re: AHD - 07/31/04 09:48 PM
an origin for "snarky"

According to AHD4 it's from Dutch *and Low German.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/80/S0508050.html

Posted By: Capfka Re: Snarky - 08/01/04 09:43 AM
"Irritable and short-tempered". Yep, that's snarky.

Posted By: belMarduk Re: Snarky - 08/01/04 01:38 PM
Snarky is a pretty common term here too. It is a a crabby, snippy and cutting comment. I wouldn't really clasify it as sarcastic though.

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