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snob

[snob] / snɒb /
NOUN
person who looks down on others
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A development for wealthy out-of-towners with second homes is known as Snob Hollow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

When I interviewed her in 2020 for my new book, Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don’t See, Cornelius was working as a claims analyst for United Healthcare.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023

That could mean more novels for my Summer of Snob reading list, but I’m also looking for your suggestions of more scholarly works about clout, caste and power.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Peters’s chapters about “The Snob Factor” and “The Price of Glamour” are devastating, and no less powerful for his own mild status obsession and name-dropping.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2017

But it was rarer still to behold a Snob that strove to do the same Sort of Thing, and did get laughed at for his Pains.

From Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick by Doyle, Richard




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