I had a snarkiness experience last week, which made me wonder about the true definition of "snarky." If you too have had a snarkiness experience, tell me the story, and I will attempt to articulate an implicit theory of snarkiness.
Examples, anyone?
I have been trying to think of an example all day but all I've got are examples of sarcasm and flippant-ness.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to share you example? I'm not sure I know the true definition, either...
Ooh, ooh, I might have one, but this might just be under the definition for "bitch" (please excuse my French):
ReplyDeleteI was walking Oly one morning and let him off his leash about 15 feet away from our front gate. A lady passed us by as we were walking to the gate and she yelled (as she crossed the street) "Your dog should be on a leash!!!"
Having it be 6:30 in the AM, I didn't have it in me to argue with her, so I said "the leash is right here (pointing to it in my hand) and this is my house."
She then quickly replied "Well it's not on the dog STUPID!"
At this point I said "Ooh, someone's a little grumpy this morning." What I should have said was nothing.
She then called me an asshole. I put my hands up in the air in utter disbelief.
Would that be a good example of being, well, snarky? I think of it as easily irritable, maybe a bit sociopathic. Not sure. You be the judge Momlette.
Anyway, someone called me an asshole. And I see this woman almost every morning I walk Oly. She's a delightful person.
Dunc, if someone had said that to me, I would spend the REST OF MY LIFE trying to think of a snappy comeback. What a jerk. Maybe she has borderline personality disorder:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder
Jody, I will share my example and then you guys can tell me if it is truly snarky.
I was thinking about comebacks for days, and the best one I thought of was "Sounds like YOU should be the leash!" or "My dog's a better human than you are!"
ReplyDeleteOuch.
I must be incredibly immature, because the first comeback I thought of was, "YOU should be on a leash!" followed by "YOU'RE an asshole!"
ReplyDeleteI'm not very creative.