Snarky.

Snarky - it really is a word! I love this word and yesterday I probably couldn't even tell you why. Today I looked up the definition.  It is perfect and exactly what I thought. Hey, at least I was using it correctly. Sadly as I try to post this as a label and blog about the word, spell check tells me that it is wrong. Boo. This word should be in everyone's vocabulary.

In common speech, I use the word snarky when describing someone that is being hard to work with on purpose and they know what they are doing. Do you ever use this word?

Definition of SNARKY
1 : crotchety, snappish
2 : sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone or manner <snarky lyrics>
— snark·i·ly adverb

Examples of SNARKY
working all day with such snarky jerks is exhausting
with champagne as a lubricant, she unleashed an unending series of snarky comments for the duration of the wedding reception
The writer at No. 10, Fred Mustard Stewart, died last February at 74. His obituary in The Guardian contained this snarky observation: “Year in, year out, the 600-page mark did not daunt him.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times Book Review, 24 Feb. 2008
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Origin of SNARKY
dialect snark to annoy, perhaps alteration of nark to irritate
First Known Use: 1906

Related to SNARKY
Synonyms: choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, irritable, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish