Bling
expensive and flashy jewelry, clothing, or other possessions.
the flaunting of such possessions or the flashy lifestyle associated with it.
flashy; ostentatious.
to flaunt one’s material wealth; live a flashy lifestyle.
to dress or adorn in a flashy way:
Bling up your wardrobe!
Contemporary Examples
The Real Bling Ring: Where Are They Now? Tricia Romano May 20, 2013
Yo, Yo, Yo, It’s Chanakuh Justin Green December 8, 2012
True Detective Director Cary Fukunaga’s Journey from Pro Snowboarder to Hollywood’s Most Wanted Marlow Stern February 25, 2014
Anne Hidalgo, Paris’s First Female Mayor, Isn’t a Fashionista…and That’s Quite All Right Erin Cunningham April 16, 2014
Valérie Trierweiler: France’s Feisty First Lady Tracy McNicoll May 9, 2012
Historical Examples
The Forest of Mystery James H. Foster
The Free Range Francis William Sullivan
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
The Second Latchkey Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) Various
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