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snob

[snob] / snɒb /
NOUN
person who looks down on others
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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

“I just have to constantly remind myself to not be a snob about it,” she says.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Woolf was a snob, but she was hardly unique in her condescension.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

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

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024

I remained a backyard snob to most of my class girls until the end of term.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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