Inverted Snobbery

[Phil D. Rolls]

I've got a few examples now:

Calling for a private hire car instead of a black cab becaus you don't want to look posh.

Wearing clothing that identifies you as working class, even though you look a twat in it at your age (Burberry, Lyle and Scott, slipper trainers, baseball hats).

Refusing to drink real ale.

Swearing when there is no need just to show you are part of a particular set.


At the end of the day it's just snobbery, an attempt to identify yourself with a bigger group for your own safety and exclude others in case they displace you.

Snobbery is usually based on having more wealth than the victim. Many inverted snobs though are wealthy themselves, but choose to pretend that it hasn't changed them.

[Betty Boop]

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I've got a few examples now:

Calling for a private hire car instead of a black cab becaus you don't want to look posh.

Wearing clothing that identifies you as working class, even though you look a twat in it at your age (Burberry, Lyle and Scott, slipper trainers, baseball hats).

Refusing to drink real ale.

Swearing when there is no need just to show you are part of a particular set.


At the end of the day it's just snobbery, an attempt to identify yourself with a bigger group for your own safety and exclude others in case they displace you.

Snobbery is usually based on having more wealth than the victim. Many inverted snobs though are wealthy themselves, but choose to pretend that it hasn't changed them.

Do people not call for private hire cabs because they are cheaper?

[Phil D. Rolls]

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Do people not call for private hire cabs because they are cheaper?

Naw, a common misconception - they know fine that they are on the same meter. It would just attract the wrong sort of comments from their mates if they showed up at the club in a black cab.

Who knows, it might even have fatal consequences for the more concrete thinkers - seeing their mate (soon to be ex-mate) breaking with tradition.