Snib - the little lock on the inside of a car door. I think it is of Scottish origin and we used it all the time as children.

Margaret Rooney.

Hi Margaret, you are quite right about that, and we still use the term.

Snub was the implication for those outside the snibbed door.

nib (✒)is the part of a quill, dip pen or fountain pen which comes in to contact with the writing surface in order to deposit ink.

His Nibs

I’ve known quite a few people who could be described thus

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/his+nibs

How about SNUB?

sleeper - 26 October 2009 05:10 PM

How about SNUB?

I’ll ignore that

See saparris’ avatar, its a nib.

so nib and nibs are the same? maybe it’s its plural form, right?

No. Check out Mark’s given link on His Nibs.

Sorry I overlooked. I think that word cannot be used in positive ways. Gamsahamnida

nibs, plural of nib.
His Nibs: an honorific, but a silly one, like His Honor, His Excellency, His Highness, His Majesty.  Someone with “airs”. I call my dog “Her Nibs” at times.

snob -  a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others

Snub: to turn one’s nose up at another.

snobbish!

true, that!