Fuck-you Money

What is Fuck-you Money?

1.

An amount of wealth that enables an individual to reject traditional social behavior and niceties of conduct without fear of consequences.

These Bancrofts, thirty-odd descendants of the gargantuan Bostonian Clarence Walker Barron, who bought the paper in 1902, include bankers and writers and equestrians. The more senior among them, it is assumed, detest RupertMurdoch, just as their parents must have bridled at the former Journal editor Norman Pearlstine's marriage to Nancy Friday, a flamboyant author of sex studies. "But they don't have 'fuck-you money' anymore," a former reporter said of the Bancrofts. "They're nice and rich, but not ungodly so. It matters to the younger generation."

-McGrath, Ben. "News About News." New Yorker. 14 May 2007: 47-48.

See wealthy, rich, dirt poor, fuck you money
74

Random Words:

Neo Nazi Zombie
1. Very similar to Nazi Zombies, except Neo Nazi Zombies are mostly talk and just think its cool to shave their heads and wear swastikas. ..
Read more
Zomgfu
1. Distortion of omgfu wich is a compression of: "oh my god, fuck!" Widely used as an exclamation mark by real geeks. -Hey ste..
Read more
Red Mango
1. A way to refer to sexual intercourse with a young Asian lady. This girl offered me some red mango after class today so we hurried to he..
Read more

Best StartPage for your browser.

All you need for a faster workflow in one place.



Get it for Free