Bougie

[Sarah]

Aspiring to be a higher class than one is. Derived from bourgeois - meaning middle/upper class, traditionally despised by communists.

[Sarah]

adj.
Anything that is percieved as upscale from a blue-collar point of view. Bougie (pronounced boo-she) is a hacked truncation of the word Bourgeoisie, which refers to the middle-class in Europe, but refers to a more affluent class level in the United States.
From Wikipedia.org:
In the United States, which lacks strict social classes, Bourgeoisie is sometimes used to refer to those seen as being upper class.

[Sarah]

Adjective meaning extravagent, often to the point of snobbery. Usually used in relation to the conspicuous consumption of the urban upper-middle class. Dervived from bourgeoisie

[Sarah]

high class, or rich girl. maybe classy, or someone who values designer brands.

[Sarah]

In urban pop culture, the word bourgeoisie is shortened to bougie. The word is often used by working class African Americans who accuse more successful black people of selling out.

[Sarah]

(BOO-GEE) short for bourgeois (french origin meaning snotty sefl-contented middle and upper middle class), anyone pretentious and trying too hard to be classy.
Includes all super-enlightened anarchists, Birkenstock-wearers, Abercrombie and Fitch addicts, and assholes who add random French phrases into their everyday conversation.

[Sarah]

From the French bougie for candle. A long, thin, metal rod that is inserted into the urethra of the penis for sexual stimulation of the prostate.

(as is confirmed by the dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster)

[Dave Paprocki]

People pretending to (or think they are) [high class] and but theyre [really not] (or dont [realize] they arent.)

[Jason Yan]

bougie. (slang) - A [derisive] term for transparently or suspiciously [ostentatious] behavior of a lower- or middle-class person. A shortened form of [bourgeois].

[Luis Fok]

belonging to or typical of the middle class (= a social group between the very rich and the poor) , especially in giving a lot of importance to money, education, and social class, or in liking and wanting expensive and unusual things: