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bougier

bougier is the comparative form of bougie.

Meaning of bougie

Adjective

bougie (comparative bougier, superlative bougiest)

  1. (derogatory, slang, usually, African-American Vernacular) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
    • Hey, look, man, I haven't changed, I'm not gonna change and I'm not down with this bougie stuff.1991 September 23, “Will Gets a Job”, in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, season 2, episode 3
  2. (Canada, UK, slang) Fancy or good-looking, without connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness.

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Questions about bougier

What is bougier the comparative form of?
Bougier is the comparative form of bougie.

Words near bougier in the dictionary

  1. boughy
  2. bougie
  3. bougienage
  4. bougienages
  5. bougieness
  6. bougier
  7. bougies
  8. bougiest
  9. bouginage
  10. bouginages
  11. bouging

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