Snobbish Viewing Crew Gifts

"I really enjoyed that, but if anyone asks, don't you dare tell them we watched it."

"It was a holiday I'll never forget...I saw life in the raw!"

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

Man with wine glass face looks unhappy.

I'm getting an ample full taste... I'm getting whimsical... I'm getting 'red'

The simultaneous development of dining and pomposity.

"'City Slickers' was O.K., but, let's face it, it was no 'Claire's Knee.'"

'I may not know much about art. But, I don't know what I like either.'

"It's a postmodern mosaic, almost lyrical in its undercurrent." "My five-year-old will be happy to hear that."

"Hints of migrant workers on the nose."

"Another helping of pretentiousness, anyone?"

Children watching a horse show from under the tent

'New money or old money?'

"C'mon dude, these are not your people."

" will enver read that book, and I"m eagerly waiting to avoid the movie."

"Can we go see 'Home Alone 2'? My friend Jeffrey says it's an important picture."

"I've seen this film ten times and it's still awful."

"I love craft beer! It's opened an exciting new world of snobbery for me."

'Listen my man, I am not being condescending, I am just trying to use words I think you may be able to understand. . .'

'The review said drinking this wine is like drinking a Rembrandt. All I taste is the frame.'

'She's so posh, she can make her wind sound like Verdi's 'Requiem'.'

"It's our latest objet d'art, of course we can't use it!"

'He's a mixed breed.'

"I'm enrolled in a total immersion wine class."

Ned Thompson, unpretentious wine taster.

" ..graduated with honours, great job, beautiful wife, great kids.. Sure we've all got a sad story to tell."

'Wow! That's probably the best Kyrgyzstani neo-realist horror-comedy crossover I've seen so far this year.'

"The wine has subtle hints of expensive pretension, but it's balanced nicely by the screw cap."

The rivalry between the Hamptons and Cape Code spills over.

"Regift the bicycle, Charles, but put this in my Panama pile."

"Obsessive complacent disorder"

"The city life isn't for everyone, so my second house is in the Hamptons."

'Black dots indicate actual creative involvement.'

'They're nice, but do you really expect me to drink my imported Merlot from domestic Merlot glasses?'

"I don't mean to be a snob, but I know what real leather sounds like."