On 6/2/2016 5:25 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> I think I heard sarky used first, though Merriam-Webster online doesn't list it.
>
> Snarky seems to be in more general use where I live, and it's in M-W.

Oh! for some reason I thought you were in the UK.

> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snarky
>

The first definition sits well with me. Probably from The Hunting of the 
Snark.

And one of the online dictonaries says it is a portmanteau combination 
of "snide" and "remark".


> If you're offended, go find your safe space.     :P
>

Better still punch their lights out. (Assuming that is a response to the 
word otherwise that went Woosh, over my head.)

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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