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The title made me suddenly remember where I'd first heard the word 'nabob': the song "Friend Like Me" from Disney's Aladdin.
by lehi 6y ago
The title made me suddenly remember where I'd first heard the word 'nabob': the song "Friend Like Me" from Disney's Aladdin.
- goodcanadian 6y agoNabob is a brand of coffee in Canada, so I was familiar with the word long before I knew where it had come from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabob_(coffee) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabob_(coffee)
- adolph 6y ago“In the United States today, we have more than our share of nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4-H club—the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.” --VP Spiro Agnew "as scripted by William Safire" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/07/10/nattering-nabobs https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/07/10/nattering-nabo...
- adolph 6y agoA nabob is a conspicuously wealthy man deriving his fortune in the east, especially in India during the 18th century with the privately held East India Company. In late 19th century San Francisco, rapid urbanization led to an exclusive enclave of the rich and famous on the west coast who built large mansions in the Nob Hill neighborhood. This included prominent tycoons such as Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University and other members of The Big Four who were known as nabobs, which was shortened to nob, giving the area its eventual name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabob