What is Booshie?
1.
An effectation of a lifestyle, i.e., limited luxury and limited refinement aka, mannerisms, speech, dress, appearance, spending habits. Presentation as one who is above the general status quo for a particular race or ethnic group.
More commonly applied to one who has a ghetto upbringing, but because of further education and/or employment, shows no trace of that upbrining.
However, if pressured enough, the individual normally revert back to their ethnic upbringing.
As she stepped out of her designer shoes and removed her designer jewlery, she was heard to remark "Don't let this booshie fool you. I'm from the ghetto and will whoop your monkey ass!"
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2.
Something that is over the top, too rich, too extravagant, or just yuppie.
Can also be used for a person who's all about money.
Man, this club is so boozhee, lets get the fuck out.
He used to kick it with us all the time, but now he's boozhee.
3.
To act and think of yourself more highly than you ought while, at the same time, looking down on others.
Kelly's so booshie.
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4.
Someone who is from the
"Now that (insert name here) has that new job, s/he's actin' booshie."
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5.
Pretentious. Probably derived from "bourgeois" = middle-class, conventional values and materialism.
Her matching Vuitton shoes and bag were totally booshie. She probably lives to shop at Nordstrom.
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6.
booshie-thats wack, something thats not the shit. you say this when something is gay, someone says something you don't want to hear. basicaly bullshit but cooler
Man, thats booshie.
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7.
Adj.
1. Anything showy or gaudy.
2. Flaunting one's financial status by purchasing unnecessary luxury items. Often done by yuppies and those with low self-esteem.
"Dude, that loser still lives at home, but he bought a BMW! How booshie."
"Those sunglasses are booshie. They take up more than half of her face."
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