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  • Posted on September 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm yeah i cracked up at sierra's hoitytoity racist, s&m character…especially, you know, considering sierra's asian herself. ohh the deliciousness of that irony.

    Dollhouse: Vows - Pink Raygun.com 2009

  • The term mob is Australian English as the accepted collective noun for a group of Kangaroos, from the hoitytoity mobilus vulgaris.

    Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives 2006

  • I decided that any SF lauded by non-SF readers must be nambypamby, hoitytoity, pretentious junk.

    Archive 2004-03-01 2004

  • I decided that any SF lauded by non-SF readers must be nambypamby, hoitytoity, pretentious junk.

    "Unidentified Objects" by James P. Blaylock 2004

  • "You hoitytoity society broads all think it's your God-given right to barge ahead of everyone else."

    Cinderella At The Ball Wells, Robin 1999

  • My sister hung around with a fancy French crowd from her riding club, most of whom went to Lycée Henri-IV—Astrid called them her hoitytoity friends—and she didn’t normally concern herself with lesser mortals.

    Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009

  • My sister hung around with a fancy French crowd from her riding club, most of whom went to Lycée Henri-IV—Astrid called them her hoitytoity friends—and she didn’t normally concern herself with lesser mortals.

    Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009

  • My sister hung around with a fancy French crowd from her riding club, most of whom went to Lycée Henri-IV—Astrid called them her hoitytoity friends—and she didn’t normally concern herself with lesser mortals.

    Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009

  • Maybe they say ‘as if’ in England, or maybe hoitytoity people in New York say ‘as if’ the way they say ‘in hospital’ instead of ‘in a hospital’ and ‘flat’ instead of ‘apartment,’ but ‘like that’s a bad thing’ is good American.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Are You in a Subjunctive Mood? 2007

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