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When cultural change breeds chronic displays of ostentation. Usually occurs when a person from humble beginnings inserts his/her self into a more high-brow lifestyle.
The moment Ginny Sue moved from Hicksville to New York City, she developed the worst case of Acquired Pretentious Syndrome (APS) I've ever seen.
by CPodWrites January 07, 2011
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A cultural and aesthetic mind-state that prioritizes making money, even as an “underground” or “radical” creator. The work isn’t made for money, but it’s the money that matters the most.
“Dude, his stuff is pretty out there but he’s still pretty Finance Punk.”
by Pop Pop Bienstock April 01, 2021
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