Chardonnay socialist
noun Australian /NZ informal
A person who espouses socialist ideals while enjoying a wealthy and luxurious lifestyle: these Chardonnay socialists think profanity makes them working class...
- The economic policies of our chardonnay socialists will cause huge damage to our economy.
- The Accord with the unions allowed Labor to embrace the economic reforms that attracted the Chardonnay socialists into the fold.
- The new establishment is demonised as the chattering classes, chardonnay socialists and latte Left.
Origin
1980s: from Chardonnay + socialist, on the pattern of champagne socialist.