Person 1: Dude, that looks like a silk shirt.
Person 2: Close, but it's actually bourgewan. See, it's really tough.
Person 1: Oh, ok, cool.
Person 2: Close, but it's actually bourgewan. See, it's really tough.
Person 1: Oh, ok, cool.
by David Sickels July 25, 2008
Get the bourgewan mug.'Bougwan' is a term meaning master in African. In general terms it is used when a dieing woman of inferior caste is in a cave (mortally wounded by an old witch doctor) and wishes to confess her undieing love for a adventurous English gentleman.
The word has fallen out of fashion since the decline of Empire, and indeed it is difficult to see under what circumstances it would today be used.
The word has fallen out of fashion since the decline of Empire, and indeed it is difficult to see under what circumstances it would today be used.
"Ah! Bougwan, I die!" gasped the beautiful creature. "She crept out-- Gagool; I did not see her, I was faint--and the door began to fall; then she came back, and was looking up the path--I saw her come in through the slowly falling door, and caught her and held her, and she stabbed me, and I die, Bougwan!"
"Say to my lord, Bougwan, that--I love him, and that I am glad to die because I know that he cannot cumber his life with such as I am, for the sun may not mate with the darkness, nor the white with the black."
"Say to my lord, Bougwan, that--I love him, and that I am glad to die because I know that he cannot cumber his life with such as I am, for the sun may not mate with the darkness, nor the white with the black."
by Sir Henry Curtis' December 27, 2009
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A melding of bourgeois and water. Bourgewater is bottled water, purportedly from exotic locations, that is overpriced despite having a nearly identical chemical composition to tap water. These products are sold to upper class whites who have disposable income and live in close proximity to bourgeois food stores such as Sun Harvest, Wild Oats, Whole Foods, Central Market and numerous others.
Oh my, pilates just tuckered me out this afternoon. I believe I will go acquire some bourgewater to sate my thirst.
by Diedrich von Octuberstein April 23, 2008
Get the bourgewater mug.a place in the Philippines where you can eat a good burger that won't cost you a lot. very cheap but tasty. Can be found anywhere sidewalks, market, and shanty places.
cooks fast
cooks fast
by alone03s February 27, 2010
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Scott: Yeah, he's one of the bourgerati now.
Scott: Yeah, he's one of the bourgerati now.
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