Bougie Definition
bo͝ozhē, -jē
noun
A slender instrument introduced into a body canal, esp. the urethra or rectum, as for dilating it.
Webster's New World
A wax candle.
Webster's New World
adjective
(chiefly African American Vernacular, slang, sometimes pejorative) Acting as if one is of a higher social status than one is; suspicions regarding true roots and background are implied.
2007, Satire pervades the series of fictional magazine covers , L. Kent Wolgamott, The Lincoln Journal Star, October 12, 2007, :Called “bougie” when she was growing up, even though she’d never considered herself close to that, Ewing has turned the word around, using it as the title of a fictitious magazine she has dreamed up.
2007, "Glamorous" by Fergie:I'll be on the movie screensMagazines and bougie scenesI'm not clean, I'm not pristineI'm no queen, I'm no machine.
2010, RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 2, Episode 1, Gone With the Window, airdate February 1, 2010:Shangela is kind of bougie, but she's also your homegirl.
2010, "Sleazy" by Ke$ha:I don't need you or your brand new BenzOr your bougie friendsI don't need love lookin' like diamondsLookin' like diamonds.
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Noun
Singular:
bougie
Plural:
bougiesOrigin of Bougie
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Borrowing from French bougie (“wax candle”), after the Algerian city Bougie, and the tapered, hand-dipped candles it made.
From Wiktionary
French from Old French a fine wax after Bougie (Bejaïa), a city of northern Algeria
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From bourgeoisie; compare bourgie.
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