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bourgie crowd

bourgie crowd

9.9
A group of people who are rich and try to seem better than others
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊrʒi kraʊd/
  • Offensive
translation icon : gente pija (España)
  • She complained that the art opening was filled with a bourgie crowd more interested in networking than the work.

Examples

  • He always felt out of place with the bourgie crowd at those exclusive parties.

  • At college, he made friends outside the bourgie crowd he grew up with.

  • The bourgie crowd is here.

  • Don't you love the bourgie crowd?

  • At the gala, the bourgie crowd showcased their extravagant tastes in art and fashion.

  • She decided to leave the party as the bourgie crowd started discussing elitist trends.

  • Many artists feel alienated by the bourgie crowd that dominates the cultural scene.

Synonyms

in-crowd
vsbourgie crowd
  • Informal
5 8.0

A group of popular people who set trends others follow

are about social class and pretension rather than scene-specific popularity
glitterati
vsbourgie crowd
  • Literature
4 8.6

Famous stylish people who go to glamorous events

are defined by class and pretension rather than fame or glamour
elitist crowd
vsbourgie crowd
  • Offensive
7.5

A group of people who think they are better than others

are upper-class or pretentious rather than only showing superiority
yuppity crowd
vsbourgie crowd
  • Offensive
9.9

A group of young people who work in the city and act like they are better than others

are not limited to young professionals and include older upper-class people

Antonyms

working class
69 2.8

People who do manual or factory work and earn hourly wages

commonalty
  • Archaic
9.9

Ordinary people who are not rulers or priests, especially in old times

How Pretentious

elitist crowd
  • Offensive
7.5
bourgie crowd
  • Offensive
9.9

Surface Forms

bourgie crowd singular
bourgie crowds plural

Morphology

bourgie + crowd

The noun phrase is compositionally transparent in that an adjective 'bourgie' modifying 'crowd' straightforwardly yields 'a crowd of bourgie (upper-class/pretentious) people' if the learner knows the adjective meaning. However, 'bourgie' is an informal, nonstandard/slang variant of 'bourgeois' (and is not listed in the provided dictionary entry), so its form and socio‑stylistic nuance may be unfamiliar to a B1 learner; this makes the expression only partially predictable.

Etymology

Bourgie crowd comes from the short form bourgeois, a French word for town people with money. The picture is of people who care about showing off, so the phrase means a group seen as 'upper-class' or 'pretentious'.