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aspiring to be a higher cl-ss than one is. derived from bourgeois – meaning middle/upper cl-ss, traditionally despised by communists.
when my friend miya wears a blazer or lucy gets a m-ssage i call them bougie cause we’re unemployed college students.
adj.

anything that is percieved as “upscale” from a blue-collar point of view. ‘bougie’ (pr-nounced boo’-she) is a hacked truncation of the word bourgeoisie, which refers to the middle-cl-ss in europe, but refers to a more affluent cl-ss level in the united states.

from wikipedia.org:
in the united states, which lacks strict social cl-sses, bourgeoisie is sometimes used to refer to those seen as being upper cl-ss.
you can sit there and drink your bougie–ss microbrewed beer, but i still prefer my ice cold coors original.

did ya see luthur just roll up in his bougie new bmw?

you can eat your bougie $25.99 salad from central market for lunch, but i’m hangin’ with mikky d’s!
adjective meaning extravagent, often to the point of sn-bbery. usually used in relation to the conspicuous consumption of the urban upper-middle cl-ss. dervived from “bourgeoisie”
“what kind of chips are those?”
“organic parmesan oregeno with olive oil, they’re 4 dollars a bag”
“man those are bougie chips”
adj.

anything that is percieved as “upscale” from a blue-collar point of view. ‘bougie’ (pr-nounced boo’-she) is a hacked truncation of the word bourgeoisie, which refers to the middle-cl-ss in europe, but refers to a more affluent cl-ss level in the united states.

from wikipedia.org:
in the united states, which lacks strict social cl-sses, bourgeoisie is sometimes used to refer to those seen as being upper cl-ss.
you can sit there and drink your bougie–ss microbrewed beer, but i still prefer my ice cold coors original.

did ya see luthur just roll up in his bougie new bmw?

you can eat your bougie $25.99 salad from central market for lunch, but i’m hangin’ with mikky d’s!
high cl-ss, or rich girl. maybe cl-ssy, or someone who values designer brands.
don’t let the bougie fool you, i will whoop your a$$.

that bougie princess that lives next door got another new whip this week.

walking in here, looking all bougie, where are you going?
in urban pop culture, the word bourgeoisie is shortened to “bougie.” the word is often used by working cl-ss african americans who accuse more successful black people of selling out.
uncle phil from the fresh prince, is so bougie!
(boo-gee) short for bourgeois (french origin meaning snotty sefl-contented middle and upper middle cl-ss), anyone pretentious and trying too hard to be cl-ssy.

includes all super-enlightened anarchists, birkenstock-wearers, abercrombie and fitch addicts, and -ssholes who add random french phrases into their everyday conversation.
example-

frank:hey man watcha doing later?

walton iii:hmmm. je ne sais pas. peut-etre i will drink white wine out of a crystal gl-ss embossed with my family crest and contemplate how lucky i am to have my secondary education. i will then watch an opera. in italian.

frank: sonnnnnn. you’re so f-ckin’ bougie. later.