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snob

[snob] / snɒb /
NOUN
person who looks down on others
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“I’m not a shoe snob or anything. But, you know, if you’re going to pay money for shoes ….”

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

I wouldn’t say a musical snob, but yeah, I was.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 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

Corporal Snark was an intellectual snob who felt he was twenty years ahead of his time and did not enjoy cooking down to the masses.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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