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Put on airs, the Glossary

To put on airs, also give airs, put in airs, give yourself airs, is an English language idiom and a colloquial phrase meant to describe a person who acts superior, or one who behaves as if they are more important than others.^[1]

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16th-century neologisms
1790s fashion
Colloquial terms
Idioms
Upper class culture

American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Blackie and Son

Blackie & Son was a publishing house in Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England, from 1809 to 1991.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Colloquialism

Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual (informal) communication. Put on airs and Colloquialism are idioms and language varieties and styles.

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Dandy

A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance and personal grooming, refined language and leisurely hobbies. Put on airs and dandy are 1790s fashion, 19th-century fashion, history of clothing (Western fashion), Human appearance and Upper class culture.

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Dude

Dude is American slang for an individual, typically male. Put on airs and Dude are 19th-century fashion.

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English-language idioms

An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below). Put on airs and English-language idioms are idioms.

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Flâneur

Flâneur is a French term popularized in the nineteenth-century for a type of urban male "stroller", "lounger", "saunterer", or "loafer". Put on airs and Flâneur are 19th-century fashion.

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Florence Newton

Florence Newton (died 1661) was an alleged Irish witch, known as the "Witch of Youghal", who died during what St John Seymour said was one of the most important examples of Irish witch trials.

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Fop

Fop became a pejorative term for a man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England.

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Gentleman

Gentleman (Old French: gentilz hom, gentle + man; abbreviated gent.) is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man.

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God complex

A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility.

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Grandiose delusions

Grandiose delusions (GDs), also known as delusions of grandeur or expansive delusions, are a subtype of delusion characterized by extraordinary belief that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy, or otherwise very powerful.

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Henry Holt and Company

Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City.

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Highbrow

Used colloquially as a noun or adjective, "highbrow" is synonymous with intellectual; as an adjective, it also means elite, and generally carries a connotation of high culture.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works.

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Idiom

An idiom is a phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. Put on airs and idiom are idioms.

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Illusory superiority

In social psychology, illusory superiority is a cognitive bias wherein people overestimate their own qualities and abilities compared to others.

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Intensifier

In linguistics, an intensifier (abbreviated) is a lexical category (but not a traditional part of speech) for a modifier that makes no contribution to the propositional meaning of a clause but serves to enhance and give additional emotional context to the lexical item it modifies.

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Messiah complex

The messiah complex is a mental state in which a person believes they are a messiah or prophet and will save or redeem people in a religious endeavour.

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Military forces of the Confederate States

The military forces of the Confederate States, also known as Confederate forces, were the military services responsible for the defense of the Confederacy during its existence (1861–1865).

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Minstrel show

The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Patrick Star

Patrick Star is a fictional character in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.

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Pearson Education

Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.

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Pidgin

A pidgin, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages.

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Sandy Cheeks

Sandy Cheeks is a fictional character in the American animated comedy television series SpongeBob SquarePants and the Nickelodeon franchise of the same name.

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Sophistication

Sophistication refers to the qualities of refinement, good taste, and wisdom.

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SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg that first aired on Nickelodeon as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999, and officially premiered on July 17, 1999.

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The Free Dictionary

The Free Dictionary is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that aggregates information from various sources.

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The History Press

The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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Vanity

Vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others.

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Webster's Dictionary

Webster's Dictionary is any of the English language dictionaries edited in the early 19th century by Noah Webster (1758–1843), an American lexicographer, as well as numerous related or unrelated dictionaries that have adopted the Webster's name in his honor.

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Wedding reception

A wedding reception is a party usually held after the completion of a marriage ceremony as hospitality for those who have attended the wedding, hence the name reception: the couple receive society, in the form of family and friends, for the first time as a married couple.

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Wiley (publisher)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put_on_airs

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16th-century neologisms

1790s fashion

Colloquial terms

Idioms

Upper class culture

References