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throwworhtthrow 6 hours ago

"Snark is often conflated with cynicism, which is a troublesome misreading. Snark may speak in cynical terms about a cynical world, but it is not cynicism itself. It is a theory of cynicism.

The practice of cynicism is smarm."

From Tom Scocca's "On Smarm" essay, 2013

https://www.gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-1476594977