Word: snob
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...Play nice. If applicable, complement her on her snob knob hairdo...
...Daniel B. Snob...
...same set of self-examining questions. Over and over. I would even dictate impassioned editor's notes (like this) in my head. At the time, I didn't think I was making much progress, but I did have one, self-loathing thought about my life: what a tremendous snob I've turned out to be! Upon my return, I realized that I had, actually, learned something useful from all that mind-grinding. I should (A) never travel alone and (B) reinvent myself. And so that was it. A new semester, a new me; J.P., post-pretentious...
...Whenever my kids go out to the suburbs, they take pride...in being tough city kids," she adds. "They feel like private schools have a snob-ism they don't want any part...
...them even more--especially when they act like ordinary kids, not prematurely serious artist-nerds. That's Church all over: a cheerful talk-show guest, she admits to being a fan of Puff Daddy's and Celine Dion's. Even better, she has the kind of I'm-no-snob demeanor that goes over spectacularly well in class-obsessed Britain, where artists who have (or can simulate) the common touch can count on being boosted by the down-market tabloids. That too is Church all over--her mother manages a public housing project in Cardiff--and it helps explain...