Comments on: Do you have the May issue of Nose-Picker?

By: Shawn Hendricks

Shawn Hendricks — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:35:10 +0000

I’ll keep it right next to Couch Potato Weekl… er… TV Guide.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:23:01 +0000

Poor Mikhail Prokhorov; he got it exactly wrong, at least in English. The word “snob” was coined by Thackeray to describe crass, arrogant, pushy nouveaux riches who tried to insert themselves into society by throwing money around. The term was first used* in the book Vanity Fair, and may have been derived from the name of the Osborne family in that novel via anagram.

I suppose this means the magazine is accurately named.

*The word “snob” also meant “shoemaker” in Scots slang, but that word is likely not related to Thackeray’s coining.

By: Conscientious Observer

Conscientious Observer — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:10:39 +0000

It just goes to show, just because you have money doesn’t automatically mean you have ‘decorum’ or maturity. It is a ‘verrry attrrrative’ pose for him. Even if I was a billionaire I don’t think I would the have money or want to pay for such a thing anyway.

By: John C Abell

John C Abell — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:17:57 +0000

I’m launching a magazine called “Snub.” Our business model is to reject subscribers after a trial period with a letter that says, “Perhaps you should try Good Housekeeping instead.”