Urgent!

[malsperanza]

Can anyone tell me the derivation of the word "snark" or "snarky" as it is commonly used in the blogosphere?

Not the Lewis Carroll "Hunting of the Snark" source, which I know, but the more general Brit (I think) slang term meaning, something like bitchy and snide and snotty and witty and sharp. More or less.

I need an answer fast.

ETA: My homes! you guys are da bomb--I asked for fast and I got greased lightning.

Thanks!

*strolls off to practice many snarky remarks for staff mtg tomorrow*

Comments

[blackholly.livejournal.com]

According to urban dictionary, it is a "combination of 'snide' and 'remark.'"

[executrix.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it isn't also an amplification of "sarky"?

[maartexx.livejournal.com]

Does this (http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20010206) help?