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I find so many of these definitions funny. Back in 1974, My father and several Canadian and British colleagues of his made up the word "Snarky". It was a slang term that they coined during a session of interviewing a number of candidates in Toronto for sales and marketing positions in their company and, in particular, one woman had a bitchy, defensive demeanor. They found her quite amusing and tried to think of a word to describe her. She was like a little yappy dog with an edge... snippy... barking... which finally became "snarky". After moving back to the states in '78, this new word was then used by my dad and his associates in many conversations with advertising executives at Grey, Lintas, DDB Needham, SSC&B in New York and Chicago. It started to catch on, but rather slowly, in the advertising community. I continued to use the word to describe certain individuals while in college and then working at some major magazines at Conde Nast and Hachette Filipacchi in the 80's and early 90's. Still, many people had never really heard the word and this was in the New York media. I explained that ultimately, "snarky" was a family sniglet. It was invented to be a nicer way to describe someone that was "bitchy". It really began to catch on when my friends in the ad world and magazine world started to use it with some degree of regularity and finally a number of folks in editorial started using it in their articles or stories. It has since gathered many more synonyms likening it to sarcasm and haughtyness to describe and define it... but the snippy and yappy young woman at the interview in the 70's is the inspiration for the origin and definition of the word SNARKY!
1. Instead of being open and friendly in the interview, Ellen, feeling quite insecure and defensive began to act very SNARKY with the individual asking her questions.

2. She became SNARKY with him when he asked her out. She just thought she was too good for him.
Snarky by mbhw September 22, 2008
when someone uses the word “biss” you must respond with “BISS???!?!?!” there is no exact meaning to this word which is what makes it a random statement that you can say whenever and in whatever context.
“hey have you heard of biss?” “BISS??!??!!??!”
biss by im questioning my sanity November 19, 2020
hi ylime. youre cool.
ylime by lime October 25, 2003
Simply put.... breast sweat
Stacy: OMG! Its soo hot out here!

Julie: I know. All these guys keep staring at my chest. If they only knew how much Mt. Dew I was making, they wouldn't be so intrested.
Mt. Dew by IcemanPDT October 6, 2011
The act of talking to multiple people even if you haven’t done anything.
That person right there is a treesh.

That treesh probably messes with everyone.
Treesh by Rezaluvsyouu June 23, 2022
Mainly used at parties as what not to do, its an acronym for cum, vomit, blood
‘The rules are CVB’
CVB by Balthazar Bratt April 6, 2022
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