Word: snobbishness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...repeat, let earnest men,- scholars who have pride in the reputation of the university, and athletic men to whom our success on ball field and river is so dear-unite in showing the world that Harvard at heart is not snobbish, and that we have that which will surely bring victories-enthusiasm...
There is no denying that a certain set of young Americans, more particularly in New York and in Boston, affect the Englishman and ape all his affectations. They mimic every English trick in the most snobbish way. They attempt an English accent, and they sprinkle Briticisms freely through their speech. They talk of their "fads," and they call people "cads," and they abound in the most amusing little affectations. Their greatest happiness is to be taken for an Englishman-a joy not often vouchsafed to them. It was to one of these pitiful imitations-a young Bostonian-that a clever...