bougie
adj.Anything that is percieved as "
upscale" from a
blue-collar point of view. 'Bougie' (pronounced boo'-she) is a hacked truncation of the word
Bourgeoisie, which refers to the middle-class in Europe, but refers to a more affluent class level in the United States. From Wikipedia.org:In the United States, which lacks strict social classes, Bourgeoisie is sometimes used to refer to those seen as being upper class.
bougie
by indi on Jun 23, 2004 18:44:57
Example:
When my friend
Miya wears a
blazer or Lucy gets a massage I call them bougie cause we're
unemployed college students.
bougie
by klasssiladie on Feb 13, 2018 14:34:30
bougie. (slang) - A
derisive term for transparently or suspiciously
ostentatious behavior of a lower- or middle-class person. A shortened form of "
bourgeois."
Example:
She leased an
Escalade because she's
totally bougie and wants everyone to think she has
money.
bougie
by lazyeye78 on Mar 22, 2007 15:47:17
adj.
Anything that is percieved as "
upscale" from a
blue-collar point of view. 'Bougie' (pronounced boo'-she) is a hacked truncation of the word
Bourgeoisie, which refers to the middle-class in Europe, but refers to a more affluent class level in the United States.
From Wikipedia.org:
In the United States, which lacks strict social classes, Bourgeoisie is sometimes used to refer to those seen as being upper class.
Example:
You can sit there and drink your bougie-ass microbrewed beer, but I still prefer my ice cold
Coors original.
Did ya see Luthur just roll up in his bougie new BMW?
You can eat your bougie $25.99 salad from
Central Market for lunch, but I'm hangin' with
Mikky D's!
bougie
by ziggidys on Oct 26, 2017 07:12:59
bougie
by dicesha on Aug 22, 2011 10:28:46
Example:
Don't let the bougie fool you, I will
whoop your a$$.
That
bougie princess that lives next door got another
new whip this week.
Walking in here, looking all bougie, where are you going?
bougie
by KLCW on Dec 06, 2008 16:37:57
In
urban pop culture, the word
bourgeoisie is shortened to "bougie." The word is often used by working class African Americans who accuse more successful black people of
selling out.
bougie
by thodebadmash on Jul 01, 2010 00:17:07
(
BOO-GEE) short for
bourgeois (french origin meaning snotty sefl-contented middle and upper middle class), anyone pretentious and
trying too hard to be classy.
Includes all super-enlightened anarchists, Birkenstock-wearers, Abercrombie and Fitch addicts, and assholes who add random French phrases into their everyday conversation.
Example:
Example-
Frank:Hey man watcha doing later?
Walton III:Hmmm.
Je ne sais pas. Peut-etre I will drink white wine out of a crystal glass
embossed with my family crest and contemplate how lucky I am to have my secondary education. I will then watch an opera. In Italian.
Frank: Sonnnnnn. You're so fuckin' BOUGIE. Later.
bougie
by Adnan on Jan 15, 2004 02:20:20
bougie
by MOCH! on Mar 10, 2010 05:49:56
Adjective used to describe the extravagant and snobbish characteristics of those in the upper class or those aspiring to be part of the upper class gliteratti who consume $
750 dinners and
scoff at the idea of spending less than $50 on a meal.
Example:
Can you believe that
Moni? While I'm
grubbin on my
Popeye's chicken and doin that Dougie dance, she's eating $750 dinners for 2 people. She's become so bougie and I just don't feel comfortable sitting my middle class ass in the same room as her anymore.