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See the second Deuce Bigalow movie. This word was used suitably.
supercilious: disdainful.
superciliar: above the eyebrow.
I can't hear this word without wanting to put the word "twit" after it!
What I love about this word is that it derives from the Latin for "eyebrow" (or more literally, "above the eyelid"). You can almost imagine the raised eyebrow of a supercilious person. :-)
"Holier than thou."
From MyFavoriteWord.com:
"I heard this word as a middle-schooler and assumed that it meant that something was supremely silly. I used it that way for years! But it means to look at someone with distain...which I'm sure many people did when I used it inappropriately! What a let-down to know that it means something so un-silly.
Kate McLean