Mr Mugabe snootily calls Mr Tsvangirai an "ignoramus" because of his humble background and lack of education.

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The Yes campaign was backed by most Swiss businessmen, worried that, although Swiss companies make most of their money abroad, the country is regarded by many foreigners as snootily aloof.

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Also pleasing is the anecdote of a woman inspecting an auction catalogue in a snootily decorated room, disrupted by a glimpse of city street, sporting fortuitous patches of primary colors, outside the window.

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Norway's agriculture minister, Lars Sponheim, tried to shame his compatriots into shopping at home by snootily disparaging them as Harries, the kind of folk who wear track-suits and spend their holidays in caravans.

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