tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post5931456934701740545..comments2024-03-27T21:03:58.972-04:00Comments on Just A Life Sciences Blog...: LIVE-BLOGGING the Presentation Portion of Schering-Plough's Annual Shareholders Meeting -- Here, on Friday MorningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-4539661238607732732008-05-12T10:34:00.000-04:002008-05-12T10:34:00.000-04:00Sure! -- "snark" is generally thought to refer to ...Sure! -- "snark" is generally thought to refer to a combinaiton of "snide" and "remark" -- via the Urban Dictionary, thus:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://ask.metafilter.com/86887/Snark-vs-Wit" REL="nofollow">Snark</A>: <I>Sometimes it seems to mean humorless negativity, as you would expect from "snide remark". But other times it seems to mean what I think of as "wit", a carefully crafted short remark that includes humor, which may or may not be biting. . . .</I><BR/><BR/>Now, when I use that word (think Lewis Carroll, here!), I clearly intend to infer a humorously-skewering remark -- and I think journalists use the term in this way -- though, I suppose, if what one types it thought to be unfunny, by the reader, then the Metafilter definition (above) would seem particularly apt.<BR/><BR/>I hope this proves to be of help!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241416962008169508.post-23520365493968717232008-05-12T10:19:00.000-04:002008-05-12T10:19:00.000-04:00Looking forward to Friday, but can you educate me ...Looking forward to Friday, but can you educate me - what is "snark"?<BR/><BR/>notsoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com