Snarkballs

It is a made-up word. It means whatever the author wanted it to.

The compound -ball words use the name of the substance that is on the ball, or that the ball is made of:

snowball

spitball

fuzzball

paintball

fireball

dirtball

meatball

The snark was a fictitious beast invented by Lewis Carroll.

Someone

"snark" is a combination of "snide" and "remark."

"snarkball" is a combination of "snark" and "spitball."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snark

http://www.urbandic

MalRey
So the writer means that people are making snarky remarks to each other.

Clever! So the trolls are trying to aggravate their victims?

AlpheccaStarsSo the trolls are trying to aggravate their victims?

Indeed. And probably succeeding famously.

MalReyAnd probably succeeding famously.

As trolls are wont to do.

Hi

And we should also reference Lewis Carroll: "The Hunting of the Snark" (1874)

The Snark is a dangerous mythological character who may cause you to softly and suddenly vanish away and never be met with again..

Dave

dave_anonAnd we should also reference Lewis Carroll: "The Hunting of the Snark" (1874)

Yes, I did in the first reply.

It sounds like Snarks were stealthy, not snarly and snarky.

So a snarkball is like a cupid's arrow, except that it causes a disappearing act instead of a Romeo act?

Hi

You did Alphecca, and my apologies for overlooking that

I've now discovered that Snarks are entities in a computer game called Half-Life, where they can be hurled at enemies

According to the New York Times, Half-Life is the Citizen Kane of the genre..

Dave

dave_anonSnarks are entities in a computer game called Half-Life

And it would not be good to register as user Astitine217, but Rubidium87 suits me just fine!

Haha!

I've never played the game but I guess that if I logged in as Astritine, it would only last for .0323 seconds!

Dave