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n.

1. Biting, cruel humor or wit, commonly used to verbally attack someone or something.
"Wow, this Quicken stuff is great: I can see how frelled I am by week, month, or even full color pie chart!"
Snark by Scaper-X January 17, 2004
verbal ingenuineness that is brief, subtle, yet quite stabbing. snark is often marked by deep creativity & use of psychological attack. It employs coldbloodedness and is best served unprovoked. Snark can contain hidden complimentary meaning under a mean face, but it hurts more than it strengthens.

usu found in adjective form: "snarky": making use of snark.
"you looked at me like a snark while your head was extremely mentally blocked."
snark by sugarbooger September 8, 2007
Wow, that's a cool shirt, Bob. snark, snark

can be used in a joking manner with friends who play gotcha games.
snark by srk47 January 15, 2009

copper's nark 

Copper's nark - a gentleman or a lady who gives information to the police in return for a monetary reward.
Don't trust that Joannne she's a right copper's nark.
copper's nark by Parpet May 16, 2019

snark hat 

A metaphorical 'hat' worn when a not otherwise snarky person wishes to add some snarkiness to the world. The un-snarky person can then remove the hat and return to normalcy.
Hubert was generally a nice and non-judgmental guy, but sometimes when he put on his snark hat he could really lay into people.
snark hat by chrixo January 21, 2010

road snark 

The release of pent up frustration in the way of sarcasm directed to all of the morons on the road, so said pent up frustration doesn't build into the more commonly known Road Rage.
After saying that the idiot in the oversized pickup truck who cut him off, was obviously over compensating, Joe laughed at his road snark.
road snark by dgw1701 May 28, 2011