|
The snark is a mostly fictional creature in Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark. As the prey for an odd band of hunters, some think the snark may even be a cousin to the snipe. Some snarks appear friendlier than others, with whiskers or even feathers, though most will bite or scratch, if provoked. (Though beware the Boojum!)
As a style of speech, the word snark can be considered a contraction of snide and remark, thus snark. So to snark someone is to toss a (seldom caught) snide remark their way, the act of which is snarking. (Though other definitions may exist, do they make as much sense as this portmanteau?)
|