Meaning & use
bougie
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Informal term describing someone or something pretentiously upscale or concerned with appearing wealthy and sophisticated.
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The new café felt a bit bougie, with its $8 lattes and marble countertops.
He joked that buying oat-milk lattes made him officially bougie.
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Derived from 'bourgeois'; casual slang used lightheartedly or critically, common in informal speech and social media.
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