snob appeal
nounDefinition of snob appeal
: qualities in a product that appeal to the snobbery in a purchaser
Examples of snob appeal in a Sentence
Expensive cars have snob appeal.
old foreign films with snob appeal
Recent Examples on the Web
Michel Roux, a Frenchman who got his start in the hotel industry and once worked as a dishwasher, pulled off the remarkable feat of endowing vodka with snob appeal. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "Michel Roux Gave Snob Appeal to Vodka With Ever-Changing Absolut Ads," 17 May 2019 Dior’s clog offering has snob appeal and the shoes are deceptively streamlined, despite their clunk. — Madeline Fass, Vogue, "A Search for the Perfect Fall Clog, the Bookworm’s Fashion Shoe," 17 Oct. 2018 Some is for having a place to hang out if the weather gets ugly and maybe a bit is snob appeal, although, mercifully, there is no physical barrier separating club seats and non-club seats so often found in other ballparks. — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, "Cubs' 1914 Club at Wrigley Field is a windowless hideaway at new-car prices," 11 Apr. 2018 However, since the company’s acquisition by Amazon last year, Whole Foods’ lurking snob appeal no longer seems all that exclusive. — Tom Carson, Los Angeles Magazine, "From Aldi to Vons, How Grocery Stores Are Our Connection to L.A.—and Ourselves," 19 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'snob appeal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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