snobbery
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ə noun, plural snob·ber·ies.
snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
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snob (snɒb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. Compare inverted snob a person who strives to associate with those of higher social status and who behaves condescendingly to others |
| b. (as modifier): snob appeal | |
| 2. | a person having similar pretensions with regard to his tastes, etc: an intellectual snob |
| [C18 (in the sense: shoemaker; hence, C19: a person who flatters those of higher station, etc): of unknown origin] | |
| 'snobbery | |
| —n | |
| 'snobbish | |
| —adj | |
| 'snobbishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'snobbishness | |
| —n | |
| 'snobbism | |
| —n | |
| 'snobby | |
| —adj | |
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Snobbery
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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