snot-nosed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From snot + nosed; evoking a certain stereotype of conceited youth as suffering upper respiratory ailments that result in mucus-filled noses and nasal voices.
Meanings
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(derogatory, idiomatic, slang) Young and arrogant or conceited.
“When a snot-nosed little guy from Westbrook calls me a racist, now I’d like him to come up here because, tell you right now, I wish it were 1825,” LePage said, according to the Press Herald.
2016 August 26, Tal Kopan and Theodore Schleifer, “Target of explicit LePage voicemail denies calling him a racist”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snotnosed | alternative | lexicographic | |
| snot-nose | alternative | lexicographic | |
| snotnose | alternative | lexicographic | |
| snotty-nosed | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most snot-nosed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more snot-nosed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
pl smarkacz (young and arrogant) · fi räkänokkainen (young and arrogant) · uk шмаркач (young and arrogant) · fr morveux (young and arrogant) · ru сопля́к (young and arrogant) · nl snotneus (young and arrogant)