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I have a friend who criticizes people who lives at the place she lives at who make a lower income than her. I thought it would be snob or ignorant, but I feel like those definitions are lacking/vague.

Ex: "This girl who only makes 120K a year does not deserve to be living here. It's almost 1/9th of their income. She should be spending her money on cheaper things"

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  • A money snob?
    – Cerberus - Reinstate Monica
    Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 3:12
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    Are you looking for a word to describe your friend, or to describe the people she's criticizing?
    – chapka
    Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 17:15

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I would say she is an elitist in the modern sense of the word.

A person who believes that they are superior to others (and thus deserve favored status) because of their intellect, social status, wealth, or other factors.

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Consider "uppity."

uppity: informal : conspicuously arrogant; condescending.

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I can't think of a technical term but the English phrase is "all fur coat and no knickers"

edit. no sexual context - just that everything on show is expensive but there is nothing substantial underneath

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