The Road Less Travelled

Monday, April 03, 2006

FYI!!!


According to MSN Encarta

snob
snob [ snob ] (plural snobs)
noun
Definitions:

1. somebody who looks down on others: an admirer and cultivator of people with high social status who disdains those considered inferior
2. somebody who feels superior: somebody who disdains people considered to have inferior knowledge or tastes
[Late 18th century. Origin ?]

snob·ber·yn
snob·bismn
snob·byadj


posh
posh [ posh ]
adjective (comparative posh·er, superlative posh·est)
Definitions:

for well-off people: elegant, fashionable, and expensive
adverb
Definitions:

U.K. like upper class person: like somebody from the upper classes
[Early 20th century. Origin ?]

posh·lyadv
posh·nessn

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