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sarcasm's smarter cousin, wearing a smirk instead of a scowl.
means a blend of sarcastic and mocking wit, used to critique while sounding clever rather than cruel.
from coined by lewis carroll in the hunting of the snark (1876) as a nonsense creature; the modern meaning emerged separately in the 1900s-2000s from snide plus remark, then exploded with internet comment culture.
lewis carrollinvented the word for an imaginary beast
internet boomgawker media basically monetized it in 2000s
linguistic blendpossibly fused from snide and remark