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cashed-up bogan

cashed-up bogan noun: a person who is unsophisticated or of a lower class background but achieving a high salary, who spends money on flashy or trashy items to fulfil their aspirations of higher social status. The stereotype includes having speech and mannerisms that are considered to denote poor education and uncultured upbringing, which is reflected in their bad taste possessions and lifestyles.

Noun

cashed-up bogan (plural cashed-up bogans)

  1. (Australia) A person who is unsophisticated or of a lower class background but achieving a high salary, who spends money on flashy or trashy items to fulfil their aspirations of higher social status. The stereotype includes having speech and mannerisms that are considered to denote poor education and uncultured upbringing, which is reflected in their bad taste possessions and lifestyles.
    • And the tourists all seem to be cashed-up bogans with plenty of money and no bloody taste or brains.2008, Christos Tsiolkas, “Aisha”, in The Slap, Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 373
    • Available for only $90 a bottle, the new ‘limited edition’, ‘luxury’ brand targets the cashed-up bogan who is eager to make a maxtreme statement about its exclusivity, uniqueness and wealth.2011, E. Chas McSween, Enron Hubbard, Flash Johnson, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Intravenus De Milo, Michael Jayfox, “Food and Drink”, in Boganomics: The Science of Things Bogans Like, Sydney, N.S.W....

Forms of cashed-up bogan

pluralcashed-up bogans
alternative formcashed up bogan
alternative abbreviationCUB
alternative abbreviationcub

Questions about cashed-up bogan

What does cashed-up bogan mean?
Cashed-up bogan means a person who is unsophisticated or of a lower class background but achieving a high salary, who spends money on flashy or trashy items to fulfil their aspirations of higher social status. The stereotype includes having speech and mannerisms that are considered to denote poor education and uncultured upbringing, which is reflected in their bad taste possessions and lifestyles.
What part of speech is cashed-up bogan?
Cashed-up bogan is a noun.
What is the plural of cashed-up bogan?
The plural of cashed-up bogan is cashed-up bogans.

Words near cashed-up bogan in the dictionary

  1. cashed out
  2. cashed up
  3. cashed up bogan
  4. cashed up bogans
  5. cashed-up
  6. cashed-up bogan
  7. cashed-up bogans
  8. casheer
  9. casheers
  10. cashel
  11. cashels

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