What is Bourgy?
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adj. bhoo-shee
Term used to describe someone of lower class origins who shuns his/her background as they ascend the class structure. The term originates from the Marxist word “Bourgeoisie”, which was a term used to define the minority upper-class that controlled pre-Soviet Russia.
Often used by black folks to belittle or hate on other black folks that attempt to better their lives.
Also used to describe a person who tries to be upper class despite a lack of monetary resources and social connections.
DeMarcus and me used to hoop on Saturday. After he got his law degree, he got all bourgy on me and started playin’ golf.
She think she somethin’ just caused she got that nice house uptown. Got her kids playin soccer and shit. That bourgy bitch ain’t no better than me! We grew up in the same damn hood!
Person 1: Doesn’t Sean live in a trailer and work three jobs? WTF is he doing tying to join the country club?
Person 2: Man, you know he likes to do all that bourgy stuff. That’s why he got the 3rd job.
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(adj.)Derogatory slang term. Unnecessarily or exaggeratedly picky, generally as a result of gentrified upbringing. Characterized by contempt and disdain for all things "below" oneself- clothing, cars, food, etc.
You don't like White Castle? That's so bourgy!
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(adj.) A description of someone who falsely represents themself as upper class despite a modest upbringing, as it applies to attitude, style, and language.
Dr. Ruffin acted so bourgy when she got her medical degree even though that sistah came from the ghettos of Hotlanta, y'all.
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The sell out upper middle class.
That's so bourgy.
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Middle class. The middle by definition is mediocre, homogeneous, and dull. Lukewarm and spit out by higher powers. Of the three classes - Aristocratic, Bourgeoisie, and the Poor - the "bourgy" are the worst as they strive for mediocrity.
Abercrombie and Fitch is a bourgy store that will charge you forty bones to advertise it's product on a five dollar T-shirt.
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Slangily, bourgeois; of or related to the upper class.
"My sister isn't bourgy!"
"Dude, she owns a chocolate lab, a Range Rover, and a home espresso machine. She's bourgy."
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Of or related to an ambiguously gendered individual from the Burgundy region of France.
Crew cuts are so bourgy...and yet so hot.
