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The term "snob" is often misused when describing a "gold-tap owner", [1] i.e. a person who insists on displaying (sometimes non-existent) wealth through conspicuous consumption of luxury goods such as clothes, jewelry, cars etc. Displaying awards or talents in a rude manner, boasting, is a form of snobbery.
The "snob effect" contrasts most other microeconomic models, in that the demand curve can have a positive slope, rather than the typical negatively sloped demand curve of normal goods. This situation is derived by the desire to own unusual, expensive or unique goods. These goods usually have a high economic value, but low practical value.
Effete and Impudent Snobs is the third album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows. [2] [3] It was released on March 23, 1990, by Amphetamine Reptile Records. [4]
What ho! (interj.) Hello! (warmly) Now considered old-fashioned and (like "spiffing", above) stereotypically associated with the upper class (and in particular the works of P.G. Wodehouse). wheel brace tool used to remove the nuts/bolts of the wheel of an automobile (US: Lug wrench) whilst
It wasn’t super notable to me at the time, because I was a snob. My bread and butter, for the most part, was acting in television. That tended to be how I made my living and I did guest roles on ...
The current definition is too sweeping. A billionaire is superior to a pauper in money, a general is superior to a captain in rank, but perceived or actual superiority doesn't make a snob. (A 'snob' is not a synonym for anyone not democratic egalitarian.) The term 'snob' is meaningless without various existing systems for contrasting peoples ...
Less than a day after the deadly collision of American Airlines 5342 and a US Army Blackhawk helicopter killed 67 people over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump said common sense already ...
In linguistics (particularly sub-fields like applied linguistics and pragmatics), a hedge is a word or phrase used in a sentence to express ambiguity, probability, caution, or indecisiveness about the remainder of the sentence, rather than full accuracy, certainty, confidence, or decisiveness. [1]