Podsnappery
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Podsnap + -ery, referring to a character Mr. Podsnap in Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend (1864–1865), in which this word was also coined. Podsnap was "conscious that he set a brilliant social example in being particularly well satisfied with most things, and, above all other things, with himself".
Noun
[edit]Podsnappery (uncountable)
- (derogatory) smug self-satisfaction and a lack of interest in the affairs of others