bourgie

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/ˈbuːʒi//ˌbɔːʒi/

noun

A member of the bourgeoisie.

“Although there were more reasonably priced bottles of wine, they chose an expensive Malbec not for its flavor, but for its bourgie appeal.”

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounbourgie (plural bourgies)

plural bourgies

  1. derogatoryinformalA member of the bourgeoisie.
adjectivebourgie (comparative more bourgie, superlative most bourgie)

comparative more bourgie · superlative most bourgie

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bougie.

    Although there were more reasonably priced bottles of wine, they chose an expensive Malbec not for its flavor, but for its bourgie appeal.

    2 more examples

    Bourgie girl / Grab her hand / Fuck that bitch, she don't wanna dance

    2011, Jay-Z, Kanye West, “Niggas in Paris”, in Watch the Throne

    It takes on faith a heterogeneous, bourgie morality and gives the lie that tween girls – or, more accurately, their movie-ticket-buying parents – want to hear.

    2012 July 29, Sarah Nicole Prickett, “Kristen Stewart should not have apologized, and here's why”, in The Globe and Mail

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APA

bourgie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourgie

MLA

“bourgie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourgie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bourgie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourgie.

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