Word of the Day - Nob

[Jace]

Word of the Day - Nob..n...slang.

A person of wealth or social standing.

Does anyone know a nob.?

 

[Kaila]

I think I might have heard of a nob of land,
such as might be at the end of a narrow ground ledge, jutting out over an oceanside rock cliff.?

 

[Kaila]

Word of the Day - Nob..n...slang.

A person of wealth or social standing.

Does anyone know a nob.?

And in this defined usage, would it simply indicate that the person's family had been well-known and influential for a long time,

rather than any particular positive or critical connation, intrinsic within the use of the word, nob?

I would definitely want to know if the slang word, meant something derogatory. (Or, contrastingly, if it was respectful or deferential, but how often is slang 'respectful?' )

 

[ohioboy]

I know a bunch of nob heads.

 

[Kaila]

I know a bunch of nob heads.

And do you mean that as derogatory, or instead as,
respectful and complimentary?

 

[Jace]

I heard it on a British TV show..and it was said...in a derogatory way..about someone.

 

[ohioboy]

And do you mean that as derogatory, or instead as,
respectful and complimentary?

Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.

 

[Kaila]

Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.

Please note: You didn't use the word-of-the-day, in that post.

 

[ohioboy]

Please note: You didn't use the word-of-the-day, in that post.

No speaky Engrish!

 

[Ruthanne]

This is my first time learning the word nob. I'm not going to assign it to anyone I know since it's thought to be derogatory.

 

[Murrmurr]

My brother is a nob.

That works in both contexts.

 

[jujube]

Here's to the nobs and the nabobs, may their money last.

 

[Jace]

Here's to the nobs and the nabobs, may their money last.

I thought you were going to say nob and nob-ettes!

 

[RubyK]

Don't know any nobs, but have met quite a few snobs.