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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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On 6/2/2016 8:41 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 6/2/2016 1:25 PM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> On 6/2/2016 3:30 AM, Stephen wrote:
>>> "graveyard humour" that some professions and people have can be quite
>>> shocking to people not used to it.
>>
>> your mention of waiting to see if you had to buy the bottle and John's
>> comeback at scot's being frugal is what prompted my query ... i've also
>> been told that my sense of humor tends to be on the dark-ish side
>>
>
> You're ex-forces (military). You cannot be a shrinking violet and live
> in that environment. Unfortunately most people in civvy street don't
> understand.
> Working offshore it was not out of place to ask someone who was being
> medevaced if you could have their locker or what size boots they wore.
indeed
>
> A good friend of mine was shocked after telling me that she had a couple
> of dodgy flights. When I said. "Remind me not to fly with you."
LOL ... reminds me of when someone says "See you later" ... I
/sometimes/ respond "Thanks for the warning"
> That was before she knew me properly.
> It was also another country where saying that I was so hungry I could
> eat a horse. Silenced the company.
>
> What! What did I say wrong? :)
>
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On 6/2/2016 10:12 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 02.06.2016 um 14:29 schrieb Stephen:
>> On 6/2/2016 1:03 PM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>>> On 6/2/2016 3:30 AM, Stephen wrote:
>>>> On 6/1/2016 12:11 PM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>>>> As for your comments I think you were being sarky to her. My usage of
>>>> sarky is that it is a mild form of sarcasm. To illustrate a point in
>>>> your case.
>>>
>>> hmmm sarky ... never heard that term before.
>>>
>>
>> It is, I think, a variation of snarky
>
> ... or a variation of sarcastic? Or a chimera of the two?
LOL ... I concede
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On 6/2/2016 9:58 PM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> A good friend of mine was shocked after telling me that she had a couple
>> of dodgy flights. When I said. "Remind me not to fly with you."
>
> LOL ... reminds me of when someone says "See you later" ... I
> /sometimes/ respond "Thanks for the warning"
Milder than "Not if I see you first." ;)
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Regards
Stephen
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Stephen <mca### [at] aol com> wrote:
> > 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.
Nope. Though with the power-mad psychopaths that the mindless hordes are
nominating for Imperial Dictator, somewhere other than the Unlimited State of
Annihilation is becoming ever more attractive.
ENGLISH. :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atI-JPGcF-k
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On 03/06/16 00:16, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>
> Nope. Though with the power-mad psychopaths that the mindless hordes are
> nominating for Imperial Dictator, somewhere other than the Unlimited State of
> Annihilation is becoming ever more attractive.
>
> ENGLISH. :
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atI-JPGcF-k
>
...and you would be very welcome here.
John
--
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 02/06/16 10:03, dick balaska wrote:
> Am 2016-06-01 07:11, also sprach Jim Holsenback:
>
>>
>> Any opinions about well placed sarcasm?
>
> Sarcasm is a sign of intelligence.
> https://www.google.com/search?q=sarcasm+as+a+sign+of+intelligence
Thank $DEITY for that. I was worried that I might be normal ;-)
John
--
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 6/3/2016 12:41 AM, Doctor John wrote:
> On 02/06/16 10:03, dick balaska wrote:
>> Am 2016-06-01 07:11, also sprach Jim Holsenback:
>>
>>>
>>> Any opinions about well placed sarcasm?
>>
>> Sarcasm is a sign of intelligence.
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=sarcasm+as+a+sign+of+intelligence
>
> Thank $DEITY for that. I was worried that I might be normal ;-)
>
Take my word on it John. You are far from being normal. (In the nicest
possible way, of course.)
[whistling, Entry Of The Gladiators]
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Regards
Stephen
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On 6/3/2016 12:16 AM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>
> Nope. Though with the power-mad psychopaths that the mindless hordes are
> nominating for Imperial Dictator, somewhere other than the Unlimited State of
> Annihilation is becoming ever more attractive.
>
Mexico?
Just like the PGA. I fell of my stool when I read that. :-D
> ENGLISH. :
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atI-JPGcF-k
>
As is well known. The Brits will steal everything from everyone.
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Stephen
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On 2-6-2016 23:25, Stephen wrote:
> On 6/2/2016 9:58 PM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>>> A good friend of mine was shocked after telling me that she had a couple
>>> of dodgy flights. When I said. "Remind me not to fly with you."
>>
>> LOL ... reminds me of when someone says "See you later" ... I
>> /sometimes/ respond "Thanks for the warning"
>
> Milder than "Not if I see you first." ;)
>
Gentlemen, I totally recognise that language use. Where I worked at the
Geological Survey, that was the exact idiom we used on a daily basis. Up
and down the hierarchy, needless to say :-)
--
Thomas
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