bourgie
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From bourgeoisie or bourgeois, from French; compare bougie.
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bourgie (comparative more bourgie, superlative most bourgie)
- (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.
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- "American Skin" by Gerald Early.
- "Hazy Halcyon Days of Pot and Puberty" by Charles McGrath
