Mean and Snarky

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Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Snarky and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Snarky" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Snarky adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.

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Mean and snarky are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Snarky".

Negasonic Teenage Warhead possibly fits the trope even more so than Deadpool; at one point, the latter challenges her to make a comment that isn't mean and snarky.

Source: Deadpan Snarker / X Men Films
This prompted Homer to get mean and snarky, and one of his later reviews (to Marge) said "I give this meal my lowest rating ever: 7 thumbs up."

Source: Rank Inflation
Wil Wheaton's Celebrity Star appearances in The Big Bang Theory features a mean and snarky Wil Wheaton, which is really not what the guy's like.

Source: Adam Westing

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