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snob

[snob]

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noun

a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
a person who claims to be an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field.
a musical snob.

snob

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noun

1. a person who strives to associate with those of higher social status and who behaves condescendingly to others Compare inverted snob
2. ( as modifier )
  snob appeal
a person having similar pretensions with regard to his tastes, etc
an intellectual snob

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of snob¹

First recorded in 1775–85; origin uncertain; first used as a nickname for “a cobbler or cobbler's apprentice,” hence “a townsman, someone of low class or lacking good breeding, commoner,” hence ”someone who imitates persons of higher rank”

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of snob¹

C18 (in the sense: shoemaker; hence, C19: a person who flatters those of higher station, etc): of unknown origin

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Daniels didn’t have the prestige TV snobs behind him either.

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I may get called a food snob on occasion, but that intended insult does not sting.

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"Amanda's an awful woman, of course," he said, "a backstabbing snob who treats her children as accessories and turns every encounter with her 'mum chums' at the school gates into a blood sport."

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As his luxury item, he selected a coffee machine, saying that he had become a "coffee snob" recently.

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One of Leonard’s sins turns out to be that he’s a snob who mocks Malcolm and Diane as “Mr. and Mrs. Ken Burns of Canada.”

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snively snob appeal

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