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snobocracy
 n.— «If Carole Middleton does indeed use the term “toilet”—and despite my trawling of the snobocracy I cannot find anyone to swear either way, apart from James Whitaker—then it is a habit she shares with a swathe of the upper classes.» —“Class: You’ve either got it or you ain’t” Belfast Telegraph (Northern Ireland) Apr. 24, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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