Canadian author L. Maud Montgomery once said, "Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it." This is also true of the word "snark". The dictionary defines snark as "an imaginary animal". Once again, dictionaries prove utterly useless. I say we burn the lot of them.

But that's an activity for another day, because it's time for our list of the ten snarkiest blogs on the entire internet. Earnestness, sentimentality, sincerity - all words defined quite accurately by the damn dictionary - we have no place for them. Today, we hunt the snark.

1. Gawker

Original snark. Gawker wasn't the first blog, but it was certainly among the first to give blogs their reputation for sardonic judgment, shot from the hip. It's also, today, the world's largest blog network. The flagship deals with scandal, deluded fame-seekers and the print-and-online publishing industry, among other subjects. It's known for its scoops, which often get the site in as much trouble as its targets. Its networked sites run the gamut from very snarky (Deadspin) to straight-faced fanboy service (io9).More »

2. Videogum

Snark that moves. Videogum is, as the name suggests, largely focused on video - movies, TV and viral videos. But hey, those video clips aren't going to snark on themselves, and fortunately videogum has talented writers who are up to the task of cooly ripping performers and bystanders alike - even when they know it's not nice.More »

3. New York Magazine's Daily Intel

Urban snark. New York is one of the most acclaimed magazines in the country, and is to the National Magazine Awards what "Breaking Bad" is to the Emmys. But whatever the prestige of the ink-and-paper mothership, New York's blogospherical counterpart, Daily Intel, isn't afraid to get its hands dirty. Whether it's focusing on events around New York City, politics, business or pop culture, you'll rarely find a moment when one corner of the Intel's mouth* isn't raised in a smirk.

* Mouth is metaphorical. Blogs do not have mouths.More »

4. Best Week Ever

Goofy snark. "Best Week Ever" was originally a TV show started by VH1 when it got tired of having to wait 10 or 15 years for comedians' heads to make fun of things that happened. Eventually the show, and now its eponymous blog, began to focus on the more mundane yet ridiculous things that nobody's going to remember 10 days from now, let alone years. Sort of a "Talk Soup" for the entire world. You're not going to find any hard news stories here - but it takes a special breed of blog to snark on things that are already pretty obviously stupid.More »

5. Hipster Runoff

Meta snark. The snark on Hipster Runoff, a passion project of a mysterious lone wolf named "Carles", can be hard to spot. It's sort of written in invisible ink, and the lemon juice is close analysis. It eventually becomes impossible to cut through Carles' sweeping generalizations, laissez faire spelling and inexplicable judgements without realizing that the whole thing is to some extent a hoax, partly expressing honest opinions and partly mocking some other unnamed entity's stupid opinion. My head hurts.More »

6. Snarky Mommy

Maternal snark. The so-called "mommy blogs" have a bad name because guess what, lady, we don't care about your kid as much as you do. The thing is, though, that raising children is interesting but it's going to take some good writing to make us want to read about it. Snarky Mommy's able to hold your attention because she doesn't just fawn over her kids, she also tells you about when they piss her off, when they're annoying. The snark sets it up, but the honesty brings it home.More »

7. The New York Observer's Daily Transom

Highbrow snark. The Daily Transom is heavily invested in theater, art, architecture, and culture, and also features a sprinkling of hard news. There's no Lindsay Lohan court outfits or adorable kitties to be found here. What you will find, though, is a subtle sense of humor, a respectful deference to the absurd, that you might not find on a lofty perch like The New Yorker or Harper's. There's no need to be bored just because you're reading about the finer things, especially when the world is falling apart around us.More »

8. Dlisted

Lowbrow snark. Like The Daily Transom, Dlisted covers what could broadly be described as "culture". Unlike The Daily Transom, everything else. Plastic surgery missteps, embarrassing paparazzi photos, deadly career decisions, and irrelevant Hollywood controversies are all fair game. And then once in a while, they post something even stupider. The better to snark you with, my dear.More »

9. Curbed

Luxurious snark. Curbed is a real estate blog, but it doesn't exactly cover things like the price of ranch homes in Terra Haute. No, Curbed covers the multi-million dollar mansions, the designer furniture, the absurd amenities of the super-rich. The snark is usually reserved for matters of taste rather than matters of extravagance, but there's nothing wrong with that. This is a snarky blog, not Mother Jones. Aside from the national blog, there are also individual blogs for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington.More »

10. Vanity Fair Daily

Broad snark. VF Daily likely has the widest range of any of these blogs, with an equal focus on both headline news and casual television and film criticism. Never flirting with snooty (like the Transom) and staying out of the muck (like Dlisted), VF Daily's broad appeal should prove satisfying any patron of the snarky arts.More »