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Word: snobbiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...snobbiest snob of all, says Lynes, is the Reverse Snob or Anti-Snob Snob: "This is the snob who finds snobbery so distasteful that he (or she) is extremely snobbish about nearly everybody since nearly everybody is a snob about something." Lynes finds himself guilty above all of Reverse Snobbism. "I am sure there is no greater snob," he concludes archly, "than a snob who thinks he can define a snob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Minor Social Science | 11/20/1950 | See Source »

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