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Word: filius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...According to one version, it was the custom for sons of the British nobility to sign Oxford college registers fit. nob. - short for filius nobilis, son of a nobleman - and they were hence known as "nobs." Those who had no such claim but liked to associate with the aristocracy became known as quasi nobs, hence "snobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Class Report | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

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