What is Snob?

The word snob, originates from English, and the most generalized meaning is that of "cobbler cobbler", considered an adaptation of the Scottish Gaelic snab; understanding that it is speaking of a person of low social class. There were those who considered that the word snob was of Latin origin and that it was a contraction of (sine nobiliate) "without nobility", but it has been discarded.
Specifically, they are people who improve themselves physically and intellectually, improving their speech, clothing, house or apartment, keeping it in excellent condition. He is always prepared to celebrate celebrations with distinction. Use a car with style. Try to select your friends and social environment around you. He frequents previously selected stores, uses good manners and behaves with civility in society.
He imitates those he sees in a higher social position, trying to relate to them. Consume expensive products and eat in prestigious establishments. On many occasions, he discriminates against all those whom he considers inferior or unsophisticated.

The Snob emerges from the emerging classes, and the more they advance in their knowledge of civilized life, the better their appearance and attitude.
Sociologists and writers have ventured to speak of the Snob, and it is William Makepeace Thackeray who first defined it. And the sociologists Thorstein Vablen and Norber Elias, carried out studies on the subject.
The way of referring to the snob and his social situation was first coined in the mid-nineteenth century, by articles made by William Kakepeace Thackeray in Punch magazine with the title The snobs of Engrand by one of Themselves, which were published in 1848 in a book.
Snobbery has the benefit of personal improvement of the individual. Lower your pretense by increasing your culture. For 1990 the Spanish language academy admitted the term snobbery and proposed snobbery, they removed the initial s from English and placed the e, improving its pronunciation.