To think calling yourself ‘bougie’ needs to be banned by law?

[hmmmmmmmhmmmmmmm]

Am I behind the times? Where has this come from? I was out with friends today and one kept describing her upcoming, admittedly amazing sounding, holiday as bougie. She was telling us about the upgrades she had added and kept saying ‘I know, I know, I’m so bougie’.

What is this fresh Hell?!

Lets hope so. Its cringeworthy.

Meh 🤷🏾‍♀️.

My DGD(17) described me as Bougie about two years ago - so your friend is way behind the times!

Can we also ban expensive things being described as ‘spendy’, please? And painful things being described as ‘ouchy’. Both make my brain twitch.

Oh, and people describing their tastes as eclectic, then listing things that are anything but. Contestants on Popmaster and Ten To The Top are the absolute worst for this.

Thanks OP, I feel better for that.

Boujee has been around a lot longer than two years.

Same

It's really annoying because it's used by people who can't pronounce bourgeois and think it's "boo-jwah". An abbreviation of bourgeois would be bourgie.

I remember this in the early 2000s. Wasn't there a South Ken bar called Boujis?

Yes, it was, a favourite haunt of W&C from memory!

This is old, not heard it in years

Well, in the Netherlands, bougie is an actual thing. It translates as a sparkplug. Although that might not be what they mean

www.zandri.nl/bougie-ngk-dpr8ea9.html?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17652584305&gbraid=0AAAAADqa6dYYM_Xf_8y1EAFO7uNxPRYjg&gclid=CjwKCAjwrbfWBhAeEiwAc2e6Puq9rbLRhAQSo76Z5FUlnBG96QRUW3F-UxuVw1Q86AJEo0f9xHzBvhoCyrwQAvD_BwE

Was that the one with the turd doing a press-up?

🤣😅🤣

It's definitely not a new term, though - Jools Holland has been known for playing bougie-wougie music at the Hootenanny for many years now.

And then, when they've finished recording it, he celebrates by eating a hearty portion of his favourite beef bougie-wougienon.

Ineos owned by that rat Ratcliffe
Rat by name
Rat by nature.
All round despicable bastard.

I haven’t heard this used at all! I live in SE and work in London occasionally. I agree it’s really cringey.

It’s an abbreviation of bourgeois that has worked its way from American slang into subcultures of British English. No doubt the friend using the word watches a lot of US television or listens to podcasts.

Can’t help being irritating though. My sister uses phrases that her acquaintances use, like ‘mugged off’ (with she had never said in her 50 years to date) and ‘punching’ (as in ‘X is really punching’ about someone having a partner far more attractive than them, like punching above their weight). One could almost map these phrases and sayings, and it’s very irritating to hear people speak without knowing how they sound.

so there

Same!

The first time i saw it used was when reading a news article on a black american website called The Root at LEAST 15 years ago. So i recon it's been around for at least 20-25 years, and it's only just been commandeered by the the 'wypipo' (as they'd say on The Root). So, of course, we think it's new. It's spelt bougie.

I’m in the U.S. and still hear it used, it is self depreciating though, used when you opt for the more expensive/fancier option rather than one that serves the purpose just fine. Not sure why people find it so irritating, it serves purpose

Me too, I heard it on there and also my DD used it once a couple of years ago when she was about 14, to describe Ferrero Rochers, of all things 😂
She’s obviously too young to remember the Ambassador’s reception but I snorted with laughter and wasn’t able to explain to her why. Anyway she doesn’t use the word really and OP YANBU.

I first encountered this term in Ruby Tandoh,s memoir a couple of years ago. Admittedly I was probably late to it. But she over used it and I have found it annoying ever since. I think it's the sort of knowing contempt of middle class / moneyed/ comfortable lifestyle - whilst being part of it - is kind of irritating to me

Bougie (pronounced boo-zhee) isn't the same thing as boogie (with a hard 'g') at all.

You are the least unreasonable a person has ever been!

Absolutely agree on over use of eclectic for everything