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Thread #142723   Message #3291772
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Jan-12 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: What's an American snark?
Subject: RE: BS: What's an American snark?
In American Dialect, snark is defined as "to annoy, perhaps alteration of nark to irritate. [1906]; snarky; crotchety, snappish."
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition.

Nark- Two meanings, both English in origin:
nark, Brit., to irritate, to annoy (c. 1888), origin unknown.
nark, perhaps from Romany nak, nose. 1860 British - stool pigeon.