Word: snobbed
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...makes a gutsy move of creating characters that you can't automatically like, and to whom you never warm up in the course of the story. Even Carla, the most sympathetic of the cast, seems na?ve at best and stupidly unaware at worst. She keeps company with a spoiled snob, an arrogant blowhard and a fantasy-filled ne'r-do-well. Among its other themes, La Perdida examines how and why people form relationships with others that they don't like very much because of how they fulfill other, sometimes self-destructive needs...
...heard of the South Beach (Florida) diet. Now get ready for the latest plans from California's Sonoma County and New York City's Park Avenue. Based on the particular tastes of each locale, these new regimens aim to make dieting more palatable by mixing snob appeal with an occasional glass of Pinot. Here's a look at the "destination diets" and a few other weight-loss books worth sampling...
...picked up this little Barbie-pink book at an airport while stuck with an unexpected three-hour delay and faced with only bestsellers from which to choose. It was an ironic choice for me, a self-professed literary snob who generally snubs any item of “chick literature” not penned by Jane Austen...
...romanticism, and the notion that honesty is always the best policy, I also abhor. But since Facebook leaves me no space to air my distastes in one fell swoop, the viewer of my profile has no way of knowing that I am an insincere, cold-hearted, organic food-eating snob with commitment issues. Facebook leaves me feeling as though I’m lying to the world, or at least to the people who are stalking my Facebook profile. By ignoring such a huge piece of my makeup, Facebook is effectively repressing me. I am sure that...
...that Firestone) was already an auto blueblood. Although educated at the lite institutions of Hotchkiss and Princeton, Bill was especially interested in labor and what working people do. His passions tended toward sports, American history and the environment. His parents hoped he would not grow up a snob, and his mother drove him across town to play hockey in a working-class league instead of in the fancier Grosse Pointe, where he grew up. He still plays twice a week--right wing--in a competitive league...