Attempts at being upscale when you have little clue what class really is. An attempt to be fancy, when it's in fact little more than a polished meh. A little splurge to get fancy, when it's flexing a little bit of status from spent money more than achieving a high standard of quality. Still essentially mediocre, but with some fancy frills polishing the appearance without substantial improvement.

Originally coined by Venkatesh Rao in 02017 "Premium mediocre is the finest bottle of wine at Olive Garden." it has quickly spread from Twitter throughout the intarwebz.

"I wanted to impress her, so I took her to a fancy restaurant." "Yeah bro? Like where?" "Red Lobster" "Man, that ain't fancy, that's just premium mediocre."

McMansions are about as premium mediocre as you can get.

premium mediocre by wurmspwn October 24, 2019

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mediocrement

n. It's like a compliment, but not. But it's also not an insult.

3 examples of a mediocrement:

"Hey, you're not the grossest person I've ever met!"
"Well, you didn't miss ALL the pins on your last bowl."
"Here, have a participation trophy."

mediocrement by spartacusrc3 June 6, 2013

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Mediocrates

pron. a person of average of below-average intelligence or skill who claims to be an expert.

Leslie pontificated incessantly about her surfing exploits, but the dopers at Mavericks knew her as Mediocrates.

Mediocrates by jj bizzippo May 4, 2008

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Mediocre

Not good, not bad, but a negative term nonetheless. Often used to describe something that is average, but was expected to be much better.

She was a mediocre student who could have been much better.

Mediocre by Herman D. Optional July 29, 2004

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