A well-dressed middle aged man who drives a fancy car and always takes the stairs instead of the elevator because elevators are for lazy people and he's a working man. Probably a Trump supporter. Probably not actually as great as he thinks he his (or as rich).
Ugh, Steve is such a pretentious businessman. He always rolls his eyes at me when I choose to take the elevator instead of the stairs.
by Pastel Claire July 27, 2017
Get the pretentious businessman mug.Matteo Renzi è un presenzialista in tv.
by BlackM December 4, 2017
Get the presenzialista mug.Related Words
by Izzyburgh May 7, 2018
Get the Preventativly mug.
Get the pretentious mug.pri'vent'splein verb.
gerund or present participle: preventsplaining
i. (Of a Prevent practitioner) explaining (UK pre-crime policy of Prevent) to someone, typically an academic, in a manner considered condescending or patronising.
ii. Prevent practitioner explains Prevent anecdotally "we've done so much good!" while dismissing any other viewpoints or academic evidence to prove otherwise.
gerund or present participle: preventsplaining
i. (Of a Prevent practitioner) explaining (UK pre-crime policy of Prevent) to someone, typically an academic, in a manner considered condescending or patronising.
ii. Prevent practitioner explains Prevent anecdotally "we've done so much good!" while dismissing any other viewpoints or academic evidence to prove otherwise.
"I'm listening to a Prevent officer preventsplain to a Muslim how to feel about being falsely referred as an extremist."
by pocacademic December 3, 2018
Get the Preventsplain mug.Noun. The trend whereby everyday items and activities are given grander, more impressive sounding descriptions in order to fool the hard of thinking into believing they are better than they really are and that paying fives times the going rate for said items is good deal.
E.g. ‘Vermont Mountain Lakes Shade-Grown Double-Hopped Not Quite Pale Ale’ or ‘handcrafted artisanal stone ground malted sourdough’ or ‘Vengabus party classics, a new compilation hand curated by DJ Byron Smegly available on 180g single origin fair trade vinyl’
Pretentrification can be found everywhere but reaches its peak where there are high densities of beardy hipster types who think covering themselves in tattoos and dressing like Victorian lumberjacks is the height of satorial elegance.
E.g. ‘Vermont Mountain Lakes Shade-Grown Double-Hopped Not Quite Pale Ale’ or ‘handcrafted artisanal stone ground malted sourdough’ or ‘Vengabus party classics, a new compilation hand curated by DJ Byron Smegly available on 180g single origin fair trade vinyl’
Pretentrification can be found everywhere but reaches its peak where there are high densities of beardy hipster types who think covering themselves in tattoos and dressing like Victorian lumberjacks is the height of satorial elegance.
Radio DJs do not curate their shows, they play music and talk. Another example of the unnecessary pretentrification of the English language
by Monkey knuts January 27, 2019
Get the Pretentrification mug.Someone who's not really friends with a group of people, but goes around like they've known the people their entire lives. Someone who tries to convince an unconvinced world that they're sharks and not minnows.
The pretentious girl walked around town with a group of people like they owned it, and she tried to convince other people they were her best friends.
by Solid Mantis November 20, 2019
Get the Pretentious mug.