bougie
2or boo·jie
[ boo-jee ]
/ ˈbu dʒi /
adjective Slang.
relating to or characteristic of a person who aspires to the upper middle class or a fancy lifestyle: He spends too much on bougie stuff he can’t afford.
haughty; elitist; snobbish.
Also
bour·gie
[bur-jee, boo-jee] /ˈbɜr dʒi, ˈbu dʒi/.
Origin of bougie
2
1965–70,
Americanism; shortening and alteration of
bourgeois1
Words nearby bougie
bough,
boughed,
boughpot,
bought,
boughten,
bougie,
bougienage,
bouguer anomaly,
bouguer correction,
bouguereau,
bouillabaisse
British Dictionary definitions for boojie
bougie
/ (ˈbuːʒiː, buːˈʒiː) /
noun
med
a long slender semiflexible cylindrical instrument for inserting into body passages, such as the rectum or urethra, to dilate structures, introduce medication, etc
Word Origin for bougie
C18: from French, originally a wax candle from
Bougie (Bujiya), Algeria