bourgien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbʊəʒi/,

/ˈbɔːʒi/,

/ˈbuːʒi/, U.S.

/ˈbuʒi/,

/ˈbərʒi/

Forms: 1900s– boojie, 1900s– boojy, 1900s– boozhie, 1900s– bougie, 1900s– bourgie.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: bourgeois n.¹

Etymology: Shortened < bourgeois n.¹ (compare -y suffix¹, -y suffix⁶). Compare earlier booshway n.

slang (chiefly U.S., originally in African-American usage). Chiefly depreciative.

A. n.

A person, esp. an African American, regarded as bourgeois or middle-class, or as exhibiting characteristics attributed to the middle class, such as conventionality, materialism, or pretentiousness.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > person

bourgeois1704

gigman1830

haut bourgeois1846

petit bourgeois1851

petty bourgeois1871

middle-classer1886

middle-middle1926

Middletowner1937

middle1955

bourgie1966

1966 Life 10 June 100 a/3 They view the whole civil rights establishment with contempt..because it speaks not for the black man but for the black bourgeoisie—‘boozhies’, as they are known in ghetto circles.

1968 Negro Digest Nov. 64/2 Instead of recognizing differences among members but valuing the common cause, individuals will begin to call some people ‘Uncle Toms’, ‘bourgeois’ or ‘bourgies’, conservatives, foot-shufflers, black Caucasians and a variety of other uncomplimentary names.

1992 Time Out 22 Apr. 69/2 We're coerced into liking them because if we don't, then we must be blinkered, tight-arsed bourgies ourselves.

1999 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 23 Apr. c5 It allows the perversely inclined Canadian director to indulge his passion for making the earnest bourgies in the audience blow their cookies into their decaf cappuccinos.

2011 D. L. Lucas Belle in Brooklyn 190 Bourgie, you got some hood in you, huh?

B. adj.

Bourgeois, middle-class; exhibiting characteristics attributed to the middle class.Originally used chiefly of and by African Americans.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > middle-class or bourgeois

moyen1481

middling1631

bourgeois1761

small bourgeois1832

lower middle class1835

middle class1836

bourgeoisistic1848

petty bourgeois1864

upper middle class1872

petit bourgeois1887

lace curtain1928

haut bourgeois1940

bourgie1968

1968 Ramparts 26 Oct. 29/1 Silly-ass Kenneth Freeman..said some bull crap about ‘Huey P. Newton come from a bourgie family.’

1982 G. Naylor Women of Brewster Place (1983) iv. 82 Those bourgie schools were counterrevolutionary.

1993 B. Cross It's not about Salary 115 I did my poetry to nothing but a black audience once, a ‘bougie’ audience, and they were like what do you mean by that, honkie and stuff?

2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 4 Dec. 85/2 I've recently been opening up the homestead every weekend for—shudder—dinner parties, that most bourgie (but fun) contrivance and first sign of creeping lameness.

2011 S. Poulson-Bryant VIPs 21 Them bourgie niggas don't want nothing to do with me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bourgie
释义	bourgien.adj. Brit. /ˈbʊəʒi/, /ˈbɔːʒi/, /ˈbuːʒi/, U.S. /ˈbuʒi/, /ˈbərʒi/ Forms: 1900s– boojie, 1900s– boojy, 1900s– boozhie, 1900s– bougie, 1900s– bourgie. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: bourgeois n.¹ Etymology: Shortened < bourgeois n.¹ (compare -y suffix¹, -y suffix⁶). Compare earlier booshway n. slang (chiefly U.S., originally in African-American usage). Chiefly depreciative. A. n. A person, esp. an African American, regarded as bourgeois or middle-class, or as exhibiting characteristics attributed to the middle class, such as conventionality, materialism, or pretentiousness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > person bourgeois1704 gigman1830 haut bourgeois1846 petit bourgeois1851 petty bourgeois1871 middle-classer1886 middle-middle1926 Middletowner1937 middle1955 bourgie1966 1966 Life 10 June 100 a/3 They view the whole civil rights establishment with contempt..because it speaks not for the black man but for the black bourgeoisie—‘boozhies’, as they are known in ghetto circles. 1968 Negro Digest Nov. 64/2 Instead of recognizing differences among members but valuing the common cause, individuals will begin to call some people ‘Uncle Toms’, ‘bourgeois’ or ‘bourgies’, conservatives, foot-shufflers, black Caucasians and a variety of other uncomplimentary names. 1992 Time Out 22 Apr. 69/2 We're coerced into liking them because if we don't, then we must be blinkered, tight-arsed bourgies ourselves. 1999 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 23 Apr. c5 It allows the perversely inclined Canadian director to indulge his passion for making the earnest bourgies in the audience blow their cookies into their decaf cappuccinos. 2011 D. L. Lucas Belle in Brooklyn 190 Bourgie, you got some hood in you, huh? B. adj. Bourgeois, middle-class; exhibiting characteristics attributed to the middle class.Originally used chiefly of and by African Americans. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > middle-class or bourgeois moyen1481 middling1631 bourgeois1761 small bourgeois1832 lower middle class1835 middle class1836 bourgeoisistic1848 petty bourgeois1864 upper middle class1872 petit bourgeois1887 lace curtain1928 haut bourgeois1940 bourgie1968 1968 Ramparts 26 Oct. 29/1 Silly-ass Kenneth Freeman..said some bull crap about ‘Huey P. Newton come from a bourgie family.’ 1982 G. Naylor Women of Brewster Place (1983) iv. 82 Those bourgie schools were counterrevolutionary. 1993 B. Cross It's not about Salary 115 I did my poetry to nothing but a black audience once, a ‘bougie’ audience, and they were like what do you mean by that, honkie and stuff? 2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 4 Dec. 85/2 I've recently been opening up the homestead every weekend for—shudder—dinner parties, that most bourgie (but fun) contrivance and first sign of creeping lameness. 2011 S. Poulson-Bryant VIPs 21 Them bourgie niggas don't want nothing to do with me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1966
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