When I was growing up, I thought bougie meant "stuck up". I could not have been more wrong.
I was talking to some friends last summer and mentioned that I was naturally bougie. I believed at the time that I meant that I expected things to be a certain way and if that's bougie, then so be it.
Well today, I thought to look the word up. Who would have known the word had two pronunciation...probably someone "bougie".
Main Entry: 1bour·geois
Pronunciation: \ˈbu̇rzh-ˌwä alsoˈbu̇zh- or ˈbüzh- or bu̇rzh-ˈ\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French, from Old French burgeis townsman, fromburc, borg town, from Latin burgus
Date: circa 1565
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class 2 : marked by a concern for interests and respectability and a tendency toward3 : dominated by commercial and industrial interests : capitalistic
— bour·geois·ifi·ca·tion \ˌbu̇(r)zh-ˌwä-zə-fə-ˈkā-shən\ noun
— bour·geois·ify \bu̇(r)zh-ˈwä-zə-ˌfī\ verb
Lol. Have a great day, and always keep it fly!
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