snots

noun

plural of snot
as in snobs
a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior that patronizing little snot at the vintage record store openly smirks when someone asks for something from the Top 40

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snobs
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  • Breaking down the song of the summer debate Music reviewers on social media are, more often than not, pretentious snobs who take themselves too seriously, but Mic The Snare is a welcome change of pace.
    — Moises Mendez II, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Even the rock snobs at Rolling Stone loved her, flying her to New York in ’77 for an extraordinary photo shoot in which Annie Leibovitz paired Parton with an emerging Austrian bodybuilding star.
    — David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
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