snot-nosed

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snot-nosed

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From snot + nosed; evoking a certain stereotype of conceited youth as suffering upper respiratory ailments that result in mucus-filled noses and nasal voices.

adjective more snot-nosed · most snot-nosed · snotnosed · snotty-nosed · snotnose · snot-nose

  1. 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.

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adj young and arrogant

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Русскийсопля́к soplják

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@misc{snot_nosed_2026,
  title = {snot-nosed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snot-nosed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}