Adjective describing something or someone believed to be more important or valuable than other things or people because of the snobby attitude accompanying the person or thing.
Not merely ordinarily pretentious, overpriced, snobby, vainglorious, or affected, but excessively so.
Not merely ordinarily pretentious, overpriced, snobby, vainglorious, or affected, but excessively so.
Knitter A: Let's go look at the new yarns at the hoot de snoot yarn store.
Knitter B: Yeah, then we can order them on line at a fraction of the price without the attitude.
Knitter B: Yeah, then we can order them on line at a fraction of the price without the attitude.
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Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
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Frequently used in association with the word "store."
Archaic, rural usage derived from the obsolete past participle of the verb to buy.
Frequently used in association with the word "store."
Archaic, rural usage derived from the obsolete past participle of the verb to buy.
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Especially used to describe the emotional or financial state of having overcome a hurdle or having achieved a goal where success was uncertain.
Thought to be derived during WWII when hosiery was scarce and hard to obtain. Despite this origin, the adjective is not only applied to females.
Especially used to describe the emotional or financial state of having overcome a hurdle or having achieved a goal where success was uncertain.
Thought to be derived during WWII when hosiery was scarce and hard to obtain. Despite this origin, the adjective is not only applied to females.
Once you pass the bar exam, you're home in hose.
She married the love of her life and now she's home in hose.
She married the love of her life and now she's home in hose.
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Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
Rural usage, derived from past participle and/or the past tense of verb to break.
Usually used to refer to previously functioning machines which no longer work correctly.
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B: "Put it in the microwave , push the button, and Bob's yer uncle."
B: "Put it in the microwave , push the button, and Bob's yer uncle."
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