Adjective meaning extravagent, often to the point of snobbery. Usually used in relation to the conspicuous consumption of the urban upper-middle class. Dervived from "bourgeoisie"
"What kind of chips are those?"
"Organic Parmesan Oregeno with Olive Oil, they're 4 dollars a bag"
"Man those are bougie chips"
"Organic Parmesan Oregeno with Olive Oil, they're 4 dollars a bag"
"Man those are bougie chips"
by keats04 November 20, 2006
Get the Bougiemug. adj.
Anything that is percieved as "upscale" from a blue-collar point of view. 'Bougie' (pronounced boo'-she) is a hacked truncation of the word Bourgeoisie, which refers to the middle-class in Europe, but refers to a more affluent class level in the United States.
From Wikipedia.org:
In the United States, which lacks strict social classes, Bourgeoisie is sometimes used to refer to those seen as being upper class.
Anything that is percieved as "upscale" from a blue-collar point of view. 'Bougie' (pronounced boo'-she) is a hacked truncation of the word Bourgeoisie, which refers to the middle-class in Europe, but refers to a more affluent class level in the United States.
From Wikipedia.org:
In the United States, which lacks strict social classes, Bourgeoisie is sometimes used to refer to those seen as being upper class.
You can sit there and drink your bougie-ass microbrewed beer, but I still prefer my ice cold Coors original.
Did ya see Luthur just roll up in his bougie new BMW?
You can eat your bougie $25.99 salad from Central Market for lunch, but I'm hangin' with Mikky D's!
Did ya see Luthur just roll up in his bougie new BMW?
You can eat your bougie $25.99 salad from Central Market for lunch, but I'm hangin' with Mikky D's!
by lazyeye78 March 26, 2007
Get the bougiemug. by ziggidys October 28, 2017
Get the bougiemug. Boo-gee (or Boo-shee) means a person who is financial secure in life (and sometimes pretend that they are). They can be 'uppety', pretentious, and or very vain and self absorbed.
"Look at that girl with her nose stuck in the air. She looks very bougy."
or
"Oh, I know him."
"Yeah, you don't wanna know him. He's very bougy."
or
"Oh, I know him."
"Yeah, you don't wanna know him. He's very bougy."
by KaKay September 17, 2015
Get the Bougymug. Don't let the bougie fool you, I will whoop your a$$.
That bougie princess that lives next door got another new whip this week.
Walking in here, looking all bougie, where are you going?
That bougie princess that lives next door got another new whip this week.
Walking in here, looking all bougie, where are you going?
by dicesha September 7, 2011
Get the bougiemug. In urban pop culture, the word bourgeoisie is shortened to "bougie." The word is often used by working class African Americans who accuse more successful black people of selling out.
Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince, is so bougie!
by KLCW December 17, 2008
Get the bougiemug. (BOO-GEE) short for bourgeois (french origin meaning snotty sefl-contented middle and upper middle class), anyone pretentious and trying too hard to be classy.
Includes all super-enlightened anarchists, Birkenstock-wearers, Abercrombie and Fitch addicts, and assholes who add random French phrases into their everyday conversation.
Includes all super-enlightened anarchists, Birkenstock-wearers, Abercrombie and Fitch addicts, and assholes who add random French phrases into their everyday conversation.
Example-
Frank:Hey man watcha doing later?
Walton III:Hmmm. Je ne sais pas. Peut-etre I will drink white wine out of a crystal glass embossed with my family crest and contemplate how lucky I am to have my secondary education. I will then watch an opera. In Italian.
Frank: Sonnnnnn. You're so fuckin' BOUGIE. Later.
Frank:Hey man watcha doing later?
Walton III:Hmmm. Je ne sais pas. Peut-etre I will drink white wine out of a crystal glass embossed with my family crest and contemplate how lucky I am to have my secondary education. I will then watch an opera. In Italian.
Frank: Sonnnnnn. You're so fuckin' BOUGIE. Later.
by thodebadmash July 5, 2010
Get the bougiemug.