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snob

[snob] / snɒb /
NOUN
person who looks down on others
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Virginia Woolf’s status as a feminist heroine may be somewhat dimmed by the fact that she was a terrific snob.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

It has little cachet; it won’t make you rich the way some sports will, and lacks snob appeal, like, say, golf.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

My 24-year-old son, who’s kind of a food snob, is like, “There’s a hundred places that are better and cheaper within five minutes of there in the San Gabriel Valley.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

He is a swindler, a snob and a savage misanthrope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

I know I’ve always been all about the groundlings and the silk feathered hats, but right then Victoria didn’t seem like a snob and I didn’t feel like a groundling.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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