snob, prig, snot, snoot
(noun) a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snob (plural snobs)
(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]
(colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. [from 18th c.]
(dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. [from 19th c.]
(archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, or who will not join a strike.
(Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.
Synonym: cad
• posh
• social climber
• BN(O)s, BNOs, BSON, bo's'n, nobs
Source: Wiktionary
Snob, n. Etym: [Icel. snapr a dolt, impostor, charlatan. Cf. Snub.]
1. A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors. Thackeray. Essentially vulgar, a snob.
– a gilded snob, but none the less a snob. R. G. White.
2. (Eng. Univ.)
Definition: A townsman. [Canf]
3. A journeyman shoemaker. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
4. A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick. Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs, the men who stand out being "nobs" De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
