Origin of "Her Nibs"

In a previous post I mentioned that my mother had coined "Her Nibs" as a nickname for my daughter. Well, I just discovered that the term was not original. It must have come from her childhood, because the Katzenjammer Kids apparently used to call "hoity-toity" people "Her Nibs" and "His Nibs." Whether they originated the term or not is debatable, but in any case it isn't as original as I had thought. I still like it, and not many people use it today, so the name will stay. It's fun.

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