booboisie
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Blend of boob and bourgeoisie.
[edit] Noun
booboisie (plural booboisies)
- A social class made up of ignorant and uncultured people.
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[edit] References
- “booboisie” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- Word Wealth: Booboisie in the Aceh Times.
- Scourge of the Booboisie Weighing H.L. Mencken's legacy, by Jack Shafer in Reason Magazine. A review of The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken by Terry Teachout.
