bougie1
/ˈbuːʒi
/noun (plural bougies) Medicine
A thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body.Patients are placed under local or general anesthesia and the stricture is dilated using a flexible gastroscope and Savary bougies....
- A rigid bronchoscopy was performed under general anaesthesia, and the trachea was serially dilated with bougies until it was large enough to accommodate a 6.5 mm uncuffed tracheal tube.
- In the past, surgeons used a rectal bougie to identify the rectum; however, this instrument no longer is used routinely.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from French, literally 'wax candle', from Arabic Bijāya, an Algerian town which traded in wax.
bougie2
/ˈbo͞oZHē/(also bourgie)
adjective US informal, often derogatory
Exhibiting qualities attributed to the middle class, especially pretentiousness or conventionality: the candlelit cocktail party was pretty bougie...
- I wonder whether my daughters will install carpeting in their townhomes because hardwood floors are bougie and lame.
- Dad didn't like it 'cause it was too bougie and gentrified and full of tourists and rich hippies.
- Now he's a comfortable bourgie college administrator, but he had some great stories.
Origin
1960s (originally in African-American usage): from bourgeois.