Snarky refers to a concise, clever comment that's referential to something. It's normally jagged, like sarcasm, but it involves more creative thinking than a sarcastic comment does. It can be in reference to something from popular culture, or a turn-of-the-phrase that creates something original from it's source material.
You're sitting on an airplane, with a family full of annoying young children seated behind you, who are kicking your chair, being noisy and generally irritating...
You turn to the person seated next to you, and say in a snarky fashion:
"Hell is other people's children."
You turn to the person seated next to you, and say in a snarky fashion:
"Hell is other people's children."
by Mr Memetic May 16, 2007
He was very snarky with me, yeah snarky, its a word, Google that shit, Google magic my friends! -Dane Cook
by Nickster82 November 6, 2007
Hipsters relish the use of snarky commentary to appear more cerebral than pedestrian, main-stream types.
by firedancer22 July 15, 2005
by Eye Spam March 27, 2008
(NYT, 5/19/03) "The feature (NY Magazine)articles were often snarky -- Tom Wolfe's article on radical chic redefined protest as fashion..."
by anne scott beller May 19, 2003
by Creepy Gnome July 22, 2009
Snarky proper noun: Nickname for the delivery of Amazon products arriving on your front porch whose box bears the amazon-logo smiley face, which upon closer inspection resembles more of a sneer to remind you about the overarching regret you feel for possessing the combination of traits that make said delivery so commonplace: late-night impulsiveness, general laziness, and smugness for being a Prime member.
“Can you grab all the shit off the porch on your way in? Looks like snarky came again”
“Did you order anything lately honey? Looks like snarky took a dump on the porch again.”
“Did you order anything lately honey? Looks like snarky took a dump on the porch again.”
by Burnt_Orange January 8, 2017