sniffy
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“The U.K. public is very sniffy about stories of former prime ministers making money,” said Giles Edwards, author of “The Ex Men: How Our Former Presidents and Prime Ministers Are Still Changing the World.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
But they have been pretty sniffy about the likelihood of it happening.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2022
Born in New York, his father a Jewish writer-publicist and his mother a teacher from Scotland, he earned a fine pedigree — sniffy, private collegiate, summa cum laude at Princeton, MFA from Yale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2021
It is unclear whether the president, known to be sniffy about Ivy League educations, was aware of the difference.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2020
“All right — I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors,” said Hermione in a sniffy voice.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Now, it’s schooling those sniffier schools on how to reopen safely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2020
Photograph: Adrian Roger/BBC It should of course be "Football AM" – an insuperable barrier for the sniffier sports fan.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2012
Even the sniffiest film snobs love a good, old-fashioned popcorn movie — especially when it’s shown at a good, old-fashioned drive-in theater.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2015
To that end, the Federation analyzes 35,000 samples of coffee a year domestically and worldwide to ensure that the Colombian coffee being produced will pass muster with even the sniffiest of coffee snobs.
From Salon ● May 13, 2013
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