Podsnapn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒdsnap/, U.S.

/ˈpɑdˌsnæp/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Podsnap.

Etymology: < the name of John Podsnap, a character in Dickens' Our Mutual Friend (1865), known for his complacency and refusal to face up to unpleasant facts. Compare Podsnappery n.

A person resembling Dickens's Mr Podsnap, embodying insular complacency, self-satisfaction, and refusal to face up to unpleasant facts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [noun] > self-satisfied person

self-pleaser1576

Podsnap1865

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [noun] > person

localista1633

Podsnap1865

Main Streeter1934

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 97 Mr. Podsnap..stood very high in Mr. Podsnap's opinion... Mr. Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence... Mr. Podsnap's world was not a very large world..he considered other countries..a mistake... Mr. Podsnap was sensible of its being required of him to take Providence under his protection... What Providence meant, was invariably what Mr. Podsnap meant.]

1865 N. Amer. Rev. July 294 It would be a mistake to suppose that the educational Podsnaps are to be found only among the humanists.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 21 Nov. 9/3 Podsnap in crimson tie of The Schools, ‘The Red Badge of Culture’, but Podsnap still, pervades the Press.

1960 Times 12 July 13/4 There are too many Podsnaps of officialdom who treat athletes and aficionados alike as noisy nuisances.

1998 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 20 Aug. Shame on you for buying the Carville line that the only reason that Ken Starr is offended by is because he's some prunefaced podsnap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	podsnap
释义	Podsnapn. Brit. /ˈpɒdsnap/, U.S. /ˈpɑdˌsnæp/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Podsnap. Etymology: < the name of John Podsnap, a character in Dickens' Our Mutual Friend (1865), known for his complacency and refusal to face up to unpleasant facts. Compare Podsnappery n. A person resembling Dickens's Mr Podsnap, embodying insular complacency, self-satisfaction, and refusal to face up to unpleasant facts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [noun] > self-satisfied person self-pleaser1576 Podsnap1865 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [noun] > person localista1633 Podsnap1865 Main Streeter1934 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 97 Mr. Podsnap..stood very high in Mr. Podsnap's opinion... Mr. Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence... Mr. Podsnap's world was not a very large world..he considered other countries..a mistake... Mr. Podsnap was sensible of its being required of him to take Providence under his protection... What Providence meant, was invariably what Mr. Podsnap meant.] 1865 N. Amer. Rev. July 294 It would be a mistake to suppose that the educational Podsnaps are to be found only among the humanists. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 21 Nov. 9/3 Podsnap in crimson tie of The Schools, ‘The Red Badge of Culture’, but Podsnap still, pervades the Press. 1960 Times 12 July 13/4 There are too many Podsnaps of officialdom who treat athletes and aficionados alike as noisy nuisances. 1998 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 20 Aug. Shame on you for buying the Carville line that the only reason that Ken Starr is offended by is because he's some prunefaced podsnap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865
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