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		oblio on Oct 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar power grew faster than any other fuel in 201... > 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 :)

flachsechs on Oct 4, 2017 [–]

sure, but i'm going to have to charge you a royalty of $5 per use.

kwhitefoot on Oct 4, 2017 | [–]

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

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