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Bougie Or Boujee? Ending The Confusion Behind The Slang Terms

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If you’re criticizing someone for pretending to tát be high class or elite, you may be looking for the slang word bougie or boujee. Which one is short for bourgeoisie — and where does bourgie fit in? Keep reading for an explanation of the proper choice, where both words come from, and when you should use them.

So is bougie slang, or is it boujee? The adjectivesbougie and boujee are often used interchangeably as slang words for “seeming rich.” It’s easy to tát see why — they seem to tát have the same pronunciation and definition. But there’s a slight difference between these words that you should know beyond how to tát spell bougie.

Their differences are:

• bougie (BOO-zhee) – someone who acts lượt thích they are richer or in a higher economic class than vãn they really are; old money
• boujee (BOO-jee) – someone who is upwardly mobile and is actually in a higher economic class than vãn others; new money

You’re more likely to tát see bougie as a reference to tát people who use social truyền thông media to tát show off fancy clothes, expensive cars or stereotypically “white” activities (such as yachting or buying expensive yoga clothes). Boujee, popularized by the tuy nhiên Bad and Boujee by Migos, primarily refers to tát Black people who have “swag” by making their own money.

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While the connotations differ by context, bougie is typically a criticism of someone. It’s similar to tát the 1980s word yuppy (Young Urban Professional).

Examples of bougie in a sentence include:

• Look at you with your bougie avocado toast.
• Jason doesn’t know anything about life; he grew up bougie in a nice neighborhood.
• No, I don’t want to tát go wine tasting with you and your bougie friends.
• Did your grandparents really belong to tát this bougie country club?

When used in the Black community, bougie with a hard /g/ sound typically describes someone who appears to tát be trying to tát act lượt thích they’d rather be in the White community. This may include having a higher education or salary than vãn their family members or neighbors.

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Boujee, on the other hand, is not an insult. It’s hip-hop slang that defines someone as enjoying a (well-earned) lifestyle in luxury, but who still knows their more humble roots and possibly still lives in their old neighborhood. A similar term would be baller.

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Some examples include:

• Check out that boujee guy in the new Audi.
• That diamond necklace makes you look so sánh boujee.
• Monica dresses all boujee in designer clothes now that she has a new job.
• I want to tát buy a plane to tát live that boujee life.

Because boujee is pronounced with a soft /j/ sound, it’s easier to tát tell whether you’re trying to tát compliment someone for their lifestyle or criticize them as bougie. It references a person who did not inherit their money but still lives a high-class lifestyle.

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Both terms are short for bourgie (pronounced just lượt thích bougie), which itself is short for the French term bourgeoisie (boo-zhwah-ZEE). The term began as a reference to tát those who prefer to tát live in French cities instead of the country, and now refers to tát the materialistic middle class, which falls below the very wealthy people in the upper class.

According to tát Karl Marx, there is an eternal struggle between the bourgeoisie, who own the means of production, and the proletariat (working class), whose labor makes the economy go around.

Examples of bourgeoisie in a sentence include:

• The bourgeoisie of the wealthier cities raised funds to tát build a new library.
• Anthony grew up in the bourgeoisie, with all the societal and educational expectations that came with it.
• Everyone wants to tát blame the bourgeoisie for economic inequality, but no one points their fingers at the ultra-rich in society.

As you can see, bourgeoisie is a noun, not an adjective. The adjective size is bourgeois (boo-ZHWAH), but its usage is not as popular as boujee or bougie. Using bourgeois in everyday conversation is, as it turns out, quite bougie!

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The English language is fluid and always adapting, as seen by how often our conversational slang changes. A term that began as a descriptor for city-dwelling French citizens became a popular hip-hop term for those who have made it into the next economic class. To keep up with modern language, explore another trendy term, capping slang. For more slang words that have changed over time, kiểm tra out these examples of slang words from the past and today.

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