Usage Note
Bourge is informal/slang shortening of bourgeois, used to label someone as privileged, posh, or upper-middle-class, often with mild contempt. It can be used as a noun or attributively as an adjective. The word carries a notably different social register from the neutral bourgeois and appears often in youth slang.
Examples
"Ce quartier est vraiment plein de bourges."
Natural Translation
This neighbourhood is really full of bourgeois types.
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