Politicians who make money off revolution and dress like commies but who are really just plotting how to squeeze the most pennies out of a (usually) developing country. Communism is a great business opportunity!
by Zaba July 6, 2014
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In pre-revolutionary France, the bourgeoisie were the lawyers and accountants, working for the aristocracy, clergy and monarch.
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I had to quit dating that bourgeoisie chick, I couldn't afford it.
That bourgeoisie kid in class just got a new BMW.
That bourgeoisie kid in class just got a new BMW.
by Joe Iron February 1, 2008
Get the bourgeoisie mug.a pretentious bottle, frequently accompanied with or by an ostentaious label, of many dollar water; generally sourced at some exotic location, likely packaged in a hermetically sealed facility and often rumored to possess healing properties and/or subtle floral nuances.
Kawika: "Nykolas, fellow; gather yourself and collect for me 12 bottles of the finest bourgeoister at The Woodlands Market."
Nykolas: "Dearest Kawika, please express unto me the selection most suited to compliment your exquisite palette this morning."
Kawika: "Yes, well then, as it is; six of the Voss, four the San Faustino, three the Gerolsteiner, and another of that most recent presentation, you know, the stuff collected once anually at the base of the Fowashabash tree near the Kigali region in central Rwanda."
Nykolas: "Very well then! I shall commence to dispatch myself immediately!"
Nykolas: "Dearest Kawika, please express unto me the selection most suited to compliment your exquisite palette this morning."
Kawika: "Yes, well then, as it is; six of the Voss, four the San Faustino, three the Gerolsteiner, and another of that most recent presentation, you know, the stuff collected once anually at the base of the Fowashabash tree near the Kigali region in central Rwanda."
Nykolas: "Very well then! I shall commence to dispatch myself immediately!"
by nykolas nykolas sometimes norton nykolas nykolas nykolad October 30, 2007
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So I’ve given up on the bourgeoisie
Like all their aspirations, it’s a fantasy
- Pet Shop Boys
So I’ve given up on the bourgeoisie
Like all their aspirations, it’s a fantasy
- Pet Shop Boys
by laughable.com May 3, 2018
Get the bourgeois construct mug.According to Karl Marx, there were only two classes: those controlling the means of power and those not. The bourgeois were those who controlled the political system, creating laws and values that would ensure their control of power over the proletariat working class.
The bourgeois Board of Trustees at the College of St. Benedict are trying to make us live on campus all four years, what a violation of freedom!
by Sam Gavin April 12, 2008
Get the bourgeois mug.According to Marx and Engels, the Bourgeois class, also called the Bourgeoisie, is a term for those who make money off of other people's labor, rather than doing their own labor. Typically in reference to rich people.
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