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K9 | 08:00 Wed 17th Jul 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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Where did the epithet "His Nibs" originate?
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This jokey term for a "stuck up" person may have a connection with an old word for nose - and thus with the saying that someone has their "nose in the air" - and with the word "nob" meaning a posh or rich person. See http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-nib1.htm for a fuller discussion.
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