Timeline for A stronger word than "snob"
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| Jan 15, 2018 at 1:23 | vote | accept | Mari-Lou A | ||
| Jan 10, 2015 at 9:55 | history | bounty ended | Mari-Lou A | ||
| Jan 6, 2015 at 7:36 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | There were three answers I was torn between at the time of the bounty, yours was one of them. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 7:27 | vote | accept | Mari-Lou A | ||
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| Jul 20, 2013 at 7:44 | history | edited | Canis Lupus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2013 at 6:34 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | My landlord spoke of his travels abroad, his cruises to islands and he waxed endlessly about how fine the women dressed on board, how they dressed differently during the day and evening and how their handbags and shoes matched their dresses. The man was, frankly speaking, quite bizarre! I've never met anyone quite like him. | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 6:20 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | He had taste (or his wife did) concerning the décor of his house, and I felt like entering a Victorian home whenever we went to the "drawing room" (his expression not mine). There were some great pieces of furniture, crockery (?), prints of famous paintings, ornaments, silverware. It really felt like travelling back in time. The bathroom and kitchen were, however, thoroughly modern. | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 6:20 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | No, I can recognize awkwardness and when someone is consciously covering his or her lack of social graces because they feel embarrassed. He was nothing of the sort. The man enjoyed more than a drink or two but expressed disdain towards the local men or women who filled the bars at night. That to me smacks of hypocrisy. | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 6:02 | comment | added | Canis Lupus | Have you considered that he may have only been socially awkward? My first thought was to be charitable in describing the gentleman rather than searching for the superlative negative term. Hanlon's razor might apply, after all (rationalwiki.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor). And his admiration of Berlusconi may have something to do with the man knowing how to party, something socially akward people have trouble with! :) | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 5:57 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | He was very right-wing, a real conservative and even expressed admiration for Berlusconi because he is a man of immense wealth and power, while personally, I abhor the politician. He did express disapproval about the number of young men and women who would fill the bars, pubs and night clubs at the week-ends and would often advise me from going out late at night, in case I should witness their vulgar, cheap drunken behaviour. This piece of advice I always ignored and often enjoyed a pint with friends myself, I had a wonderful time! :) | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 5:46 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | After seeing this fine list I now realize why OPs rarely up-vote these type of answers. Each word describes, to a certain extent, a facet of his character but grouped together they give a distorted view of the person. The landlord was always polite, even obsequious, never aggressive or disdainful towards me, because I was "the perfect guest".(I was very conscious about my table manners while staying there!). He was anxious to impress me because I was a visitor from Italy and proclaimed to love Italian music, art, food and wine, while knowing next to nothing about them. | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 0:47 | comment | added | Canis Lupus | Yes, at some point this list and a moderately good thesaurus points to so many related words. I had to stop. I do think prideful is more commonly understood in a negative sense, even though it is not necessarily so. :) | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 0:40 | comment | added | Ellie K | Up vote, though I'd suggest "proud" instead of "prideful". Don't forget "haughty". It is gender-neutral. | |
| Jul 17, 2013 at 0:38 | history | edited | Canis Lupus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 16, 2013 at 23:54 | history | answered | Canis Lupus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |