OC HIGH: STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS : The Nose Knows a Snob : OC High asks: What makes someone a snob?

“Their noses are so high that when they sneeze the ceiling gets wet.”

James Do, 16, junior, Katella

“Someone who is rich or pretty and flaunts it.”

Lauren Bracciodieta, 16, sophomore, Huntington Beach

“If they have a lot and they aren’t grateful for it.”

Paul Milligan, 16, junior, Newport Harbor

“Someone who doesn’t care about hurting other people’s feelings. They’re so stuck on themselves that they think they’re the world. All they’re doing is trying to make themselves look good.”

Mandy Goodman, 16, sophomore, El Dorado

“A person that always keeps the tip of his nose above his eyes.”

Kevin Bundy, 16, junior, Los Alamitos

“When they dress a certain way to impress certain people.”

Nicole Farmer, 15, freshman, Laguna Beach

“People who drive fancy cars, wear flashy clothes and jewelry and won’t speak to you because they think they are too good for you.”

Steve Stark, 17, junior, Mission Viejo

“Someone who can’t stand taking her face out of the mirror or going without makeup.”

Stefanie Bernritter, 16, sophomore, Woodbridge

“A snob is a person who always says ‘No offense, but . . . .’ This person always has an opinion that offends other people and always begins with that statement.”

Manuel Schwab, 16, junior, University

“Most people think that snobs are people who are into themselves and feel they are better than everyone else. I think a snob is someone who is actually insecure about (himself) and seeks self-assurance by making others feel inferior. . . . The most common attitude is the ‘all about me’ attitude, which causes them to actually lose friends rather than to gain any. That’s why most people choose not to be a snob, because it is a lonely job.”

Rennie Soga, 17, senior, Western

“It has to do with how you are brought up and how happy you are with your life.”

Eric Solomon, 14, freshman, Sonora

“When you are naive to the rest of the world and you think you are above everyone else around you.”

Arnold Hyun, 18, senior, Villa Park

“A snob walks by with their nose so high up in the air it could get chopped off by an airplane propeller.”

Amanda Wilson, 17, senior, Orange Luthern

“Someone who puts other people down because they wear better clothes or brags because they have more money than everybody else.”

Ireet Caplan, 16, junior, Loara

“They think that they’re all good. They think the whole world has to revolve around them and only them. Snobs stick their noses in the air and pretty much do nothing else.”

Tiffany Burkes, 15, freshman, Santiago

“When they judge you on your appearance.”

Debbie Moon, 16, junior, Canyon

“A snob thinks they’re the greatest thing to walk the face of the Earth.”

Shannon Pokorski, 17, senior, San Clemente

“If they think they are better than everybody else.”

Enoch Kim, 18, senior, Irvine

“When your friends are the only people in the world that count.”

Beth Howington, 16, junior, Brea Olinda

“Someone (who) looks at you in an inferior manner.”

Nancy Moua, 15, sophomore, Santa Ana Valley

“Someone who judges others based on the way they dress and whether or not they wear name brands.”

Maria Chavez, 14, freshman, Los Amigos

“That ‘I’m better than you attitude’ or the ‘if you’re not like me, tough’ idea. They stick their noses up at people and are very judgmental.”

Channing Boyer, 16, sophomore, Westminster

“When their nose is pushed up like a pig.”

Vince Carino, 16, senior, Capistrano Valley

“Their haughtiness toward their peers combined with a smart-aleck attitude.”

Hwa Jo, 17, junior, Garden Grove

“Their bad attitude.”

Ray Lee, 18, senior, Valencia

“People who think they’re better than anyone else.”

Laura Hofftetter, 16, junior, Loara

“When someone thinks he’s superior and thinks another is inferior, based on race, income or intelligence.”

Mi-Young Yoo, 18, senior, Santiago

“If they think they are superior to others because they are more popular.”

Judy McCormic, 15, sophomore, Newport Harbor

“A person who thinks very highly of themselves or is stuck up.”

Adriana Garcia, 17, senior, Santa Ana Valley

“A snob will reject people because . . . they aren’t worthy of his or her friendship.”

Steve I. Bayouk, 16, junior, Los Amigos

“Their attitude toward themselves and others and the way they think about other people and the way they dress.”

Michael Shea, 15, sophomore, Westminster

“Snobs are people who ignore other people and think they are better than others. We are all equals.”

Lauren Duarte, 17, senior, Capistrano valley

“A person is a snob if he or she is unwilling to accept different people and lifestyles, if he or she criticizes another who is having fun. Also, someone is a snob if he or she has no respect for the feelings and opinions of others.”

Angie Revell, 17, senior, University

“Someone who acts as if they’re better than others. Someone who only talks to the people who will advance their popularity. Snobs are the people who feed their egos at another’s expense.”

Kerra Bui, 17, junior, Garden Grove

“Someone who thinks they are better than everyone . . . superficial.”

Beth Jasper, 17, senior, San Clemente

“If they’re not really friendly.”

Cecile de la Cruz, 17, senior, Irvine

“The way they react to people who are different.”

Tara Fournier, 16, junior, Katella

“When they think and act like everybody likes them, but no one really does.”

Kristen Dennis, 15, sophomore, Brea Olinda

“Someone who has the attitude that ‘I’m better than you, and I don’t want to be seen with you because you’re not cool enough.’ ”

Eric Ho, 14, freshman, Huntington Beach

“If they flaunt something they have that others don’t.”

Samir Singh, 15, sophomore, El Dorado

“Someone who treats others as if they are inferior, without any basis for such behavior.”

Mindy Simonson, 16, sophomore, Woodbridge

“If they have this attitude like, ‘Hey, I’m great, and no one’s better than me.’ ”

Annie Butorac, 15, freshman, Sonora

“Someone who acts like they’re better than other people and puts others down, just to raise their own self-esteem.”

Meena Hahn, 16, junior, Villa Park

“When they view all people as inferior to themselves, including the ones they call friends.”

Jennifer Garcia, 17, senior, Western

“When they use their possessions and power to get what they want.”

Max Montano, 16, junior, Orange Luthern

“When they think they are better than someone they don’t know.”

Tyson Davis, 17, junior, Los Alamitos

“When someone thinks they are too good at anything they do.”

Ryan Williams, 14, freshman, Mission Viejo

* Responses gathered by Ling Lu, Valencia; Eve Winnick, Loara; Leeza Duong, Santiago; Sabrina Friedman, Canyon; Nicole Broussard, San Clemente; Robert Wenzel, Irvine; Jeff Wang, Katella; Amy Chen, Brea Olinda; Amy Woo, Huntington Beach; Michael Steingerger, El Dorado; Elaine Park, Woodbridge; Jennifer Tobkin, Villa Park; Lisa Lobo, Western; Lauren Dunn, Orange Luthern; Amber Pierce, Los Alamitos; Craig Hammill, Laguna Beach; Dan Nieto, Mission Viejo; Katrina Tangen, Newport Harbor; Jorge Gutierrez, Santa Ana Valley; Linda Dao, Los Amigos; Koreen Kalie, Westminster; Joslin Gemsch, Capistrano Valley; Luke Fenchel, University; Catherine Drummond, Garden Grove.