inverted snob

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noun

a person who scorns the conventions or attitudes of his own class or social group by attempting to identify with people of a supposedly lower class

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How to use inverted snob in a sentence

You write a lot about how you were a jerk or a snob when it came to comedy or film.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Read another way, she is a horrible mother, an uptight snob, and a bit of a shrew.
Colm Toibin Describes The Creation Of His Quiet Masterpiece ‘Nora Webster’|Jennie Yabroff|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The flier itself shows an inverted Islamic State flag, with Arabic script below it.
ISIS Fliers on a Marine Corps Base?|Tim Mak|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Surely, an unreconstructed snob could misconstrue much more.
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The painting is mostly a bone-colored affair, as the background overwhelms the inverted spiral of the levels of Hell.
Fact-Checking Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: 10 Mistakes, False Statements, and Oversimplifications|Noah Charney|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
Perhaps, like father, I am a snob at heart and liked the sensation of a sort of artistic alliance with the British aristocracy.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
"I and Disraeli put up at the same tavern last night," said a dandified snob, the other day.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
A world of sky and water, with ships and boats, resting on their own inverted images, in the midst.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
The three children call him the "Party Bird" for he is always so dressed up, but their father says he is "a bit of a snob."
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson