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It's the word of the day for April 3rd. Culture evolves at the speed of light, just like your financial needs. When it comes to your money, Credit Karma keeps you in the know and ahead of the game. You can count on Credit Karma to keep up with your financial needs as they evolve.

We'll help you monitor your progress and give personalized recommendations so you can make strides towards your goals and find your way to money. Make sure you're on the right track, no matter where you are on your financial journey. Intuit Credit Karma. Karma you can count on. Today's word is snark, spelled S-N-A-R-K. Snark is a noun. It's an informal word that refers to an attitude or expression of mocking, irreverence, and sarcasm. Here's the word used in a sentence from the New York Times.

with snark and whimsy zelda williams and the screenwriter diablo cody put a playfully macabre spin on the frankenstein legend that doubles as a subversive exploration of the universal desire to be loved and understood

Credit for the word "snark" is often given to Lewis Carroll on the basis of his having written a poem with this word in the title back in the 1870s. The modern snark, however, is a back formation, a class of words that includes "burgle" and "backstab." It comes from taking the longer word "snarky" and subtracting the "y." Snarky emerged in English around the turn of the 20th century, initially with the meaning of "snappish" and "crocety,"

and then later took on the sense of sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone or manner. The noun snark is a much more recent addition to the language, arising in the 1990s. It was preceded by the verb snark, meaning to make an irreverent or sarcastic comment, to say something snarky, which dates to the late 1980s. With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski. ♪

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