snobby
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Mello appeared as the snobby high school student Chandler in the 1999 romantic hit, which also featured Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
"We have been ridiculously snobby about trades and the idea that half of young people should go to university feels very outdated," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Cue another round of snobby harrumphing about the inclusion of non-Power 4 schools like James Madison and Tulane, as if those schools play on crabgrass fields with dirt patches and donkeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
A group of snobby girls is called the Pattycakes, because they play patty cake, and their leader is named Patty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Andie, the main character, had two boys who liked her: her best friend, Duckie, who was kind of weird but funny, and this rich guy Blane, who hung out in a snobby clique.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
The details were precise because St. Aubyn actually had the British upper-class background that, as Clive James noted, the snobbier Evelyn Waugh longed for.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2021
Isn’t it snobbier, really, to expect us to stick to a pre-approved checklist of Oscar hopefuls?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2019
If he were plain Mr Philip Windsor, he would be seen as a tiresome old toff, with some drearily old-fashioned prejudices: an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2017
Lanyard Envy has been surpassed by Clearance Envy, a far snobbier Freudian affliction.
From Washington Post
Winchester Model 12 It is well known among the snobbier of shotgun enthusiasts that no repeating shotgun can handle as well as an over/under or a side-by-side.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the snobbiest TV snoots can’t resist Alan Cumming as the playfully sadistic laird of Ardross Castle, emceeing what is essentially a closed circle murder mystery.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
Dad hats are a go-to fashion accessory for even the snobbiest among us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Chelsea showcased their new home kit towards the end of last season, and as far as press releases go, theirs might be the snobbiest.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2020
I was disappointed to learn that you have ranked Washington, D.C., as the second snobbiest city in America, behind only San Francisco.
From Washington Post
“By the way, girls, the year is practically over, and our president still goes on her way serenely, and the very snobbiest girls in the class adore her.”
From Dolly's College Experiences by Mabel Cronise Jones
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