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[WenGirl42]

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@I am still oxox wrote:

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@WenGirl42 wrote:

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@I am still oxox wrote:

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@qualitygal wrote:

Use it in the sentences you heard.  

Dance:  Boogie Woogie.  

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BOUGIE not BOOGIE

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@I am still oxox I think @qualitygal was pointing that exact distinction out to @kitcat51.

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@WenGirl42  Difficult to follow since the original was not posted

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@I am still oxox But from what QG posted, she obviously knew that "boogie" meant dance and was a different word from bougie. It didn't make any sense to correct her when she wasn't wrong.

[frenchie]

Yes, bougie is French for candle pronounced boogee as in bougie parfumee. Perfumed candle.

[I am still oxox]

@WenGirl42

I did not see the original again thus  need to quote

what you are referring to.

This has gotten a bit ridiculous and it is my last post on this subject

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@WenGirl42 wrote:

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@I am still oxox wrote:

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@WenGirl42 wrote:

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@I am still oxox wrote:

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@qualitygal wrote:

Use it in the sentences you heard.  

Dance:  Boogie Woogie.  

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BOUGIE not BOOGIE

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@I am still oxox I think @qualitygal was pointing that exact distinction out to @kitcat51.

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@WenGirl42  Difficult to follow since the original was not posted

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@I am still oxox But from what QG posted, she obviously knew that "boogie" meant dance and was a different word from bougie. It didn't make any sense to correct her when she wasn't wrong.

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[kitcat51]

Thanks but I was just kidding.

[Lipstickdiva]

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@KathyPet wrote:

IT was used in the following sentence.  "CIrcus, Circus is for middle class families.  ARia is definitely on the bougie side."

The article was about the different types of hotels in Las Vegas.

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I would take this to mean that ARia is for people who are middle class but think they have more money than they really do.  Almost like it's a place for the wannabes or fake rich people.  

[Bri36]

I always use it to mean someone or something that is trashy and they're they're classy 

[CelticCrafter]

When it's used around here, where I live,  it's what @deepwaterdotter said.

[feline groovy]

also from Urban Dictionary:

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. 

i.e., LOL:   "You can sit there and drink your bougie-a$s microbrewed beer, but I still prefer my ice cold Coors original. "

[Moonchilde]

If it’s pronounced as stated, then I’d assume short for bourgeois and with the same meanings. A put down for being middle class, materialistic, capitalistic and a sophisticated trendy wanna-be.

From Merriam-Webster:

1: of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class
2: marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity
3: dominated by commercial and industrial interests

[stuyvesant]

Jeff Bridges used this word on Stephen Colbert last nite.  Apparently, he dithered a lot, and his mother used to accuse him of this.

He just said the word (a lot), it was pronounced -- BOO-shee --.