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by oblio 3187 days ago
> This is HN, you have to think through your snark or it will snark you back.

Mind if I borrow this? "to snark" would be a nice addition to the English vocabulary, in my opinion :)

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sure, but i'm going to have to charge you a royalty of $5 per use.
I think you've been beaten to it by prior art, already in the public domain:

Origin

Mid 19th century: originally in the dialect senses ‘snore, snort’, ‘find fault’.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/snark