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alrightnik

alrightnik noun: a person who has attained a successful lifestyle, but is considered vulgar or nouveau riche.

Noun

alrightnik (plural alrightniks)

  1. (colloquial) A person who has attained a successful lifestyle, but is considered vulgar or nouveau riche.
    • Alrightniks are materialists; they parade their money; they lack modest, sensitive qualities. They talk loudly, dress garishly, show off.1992, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yinglish, page 33

Forms of alrightnik

pluralalrightniks

Origin of alrightnik

From alright + -nik.

Questions about alrightnik

What does alrightnik mean?
Alrightnik means a person who has attained a successful lifestyle, but is considered vulgar or nouveau riche.
What part of speech is alrightnik?
Alrightnik is a noun.
What is the plural of alrightnik?
The plural of alrightnik is alrightniks.

Words near alrightnik in the dictionary

  1. alright me babber
  2. alright me lover
  3. alright my babber
  4. alright my lover
  5. alrightie
  6. alrightnik
  7. alrightniks
  8. alrighty
  9. Alrisha
  10. alrite
  11. als

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