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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by snobs.

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You know, those people who eat their pizza with a knife and fork.

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All right, which of these words is closest in meaning to haughty?

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And here are the potential answers.

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If you're haughty, it means you think

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you're all that... even though, uh, you're totally not.

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All right, basically, you're convinced you're royalty

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and everyone should bow down and kiss your

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toes or other body parts.

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So which of our answer choices would best fit here? Hmm?

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All right, well, let's look at A - rich.

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Well, no, being rich quite simply means having lots of money.

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While there might be some haughty rich people out there,

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the term doesn't necessarily imply it.

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Next up is B - funny.

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Funny usually means something that makes you laugh.

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For example, a video of goats yelling like humans.

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All right, well, we can cross this one off easily because

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there's nothing funny about thinking you're too good for stuff

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like videos of goats yelling like humans.

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And then there's cruel (C).

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Someone who is cruel loves making others suffer,

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like your cousin Donald on Reddit.

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A haughty person could be cruel, but if you're

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cruel, you don't always think you're better than everyone else.

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Maybe like Donald, you're just wildly insecure,

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so you take it out on others.

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Well, which leaves us with D - snobbish.

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Well, snobbish comes from the noun

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"snob" and means acting like you're better than everyone else.

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Sound familiar? So the correct answer is D - snobbish.

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Don't get them started on the way you eat tacos.

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