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bourge

bourgeois person

noun BORZH Rare

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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