• Bourgie

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    From bourgeoisie or bourgeois, from French; compare bougie.

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    Adjective

    bourgie

    1. (usually pejorative) used to describe middle-class values in their attempt to give the semblance of discerning taste.Although there were more reasonably priced bottles of wine, they chose an expensive Malbec not for its flavor, but for its bourgie appeal.
      • 2011, Jay-Z and , "", :Bourgie girl
        Grab her hand
        Fuck that bitch, she don't wanna dance
      • 2012, Sarah Nicole Prickett, "Kristen Stewart should not have apologized, and here's why", The Globe and Mail, 29 July 2012:It takes on faith a heterogeneous, bourgie morality and gives the lie that tween girls – or, more accurately, their movie-ticket-buying parents – want to hear.

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    Noun

    bourgie

    (plural bourgies)
    1. (informal, derogatory) A member of the bourgeoisie.
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