boujee

/BOO-jee/ medium • Origin: AAVE; popularized by hip-hop and internet culture (2010s).

Stylish, wealthy-seeming, or high-maintenance; derived from ‘bourgeois’. Often implies liking fancy things in an over-the-top way.

She's on a boujee staycation—robe, room service, the works.

bougie,extra,lux,glam

Spelling varies: 'boujee' vs. 'bougie'.

Abeg, no vex.

There was a dramatic a pause before she answered.

He gave that comment a major side-eye.

Debt created a doom loop for the company.

She’s a soft queen in her approach to fashion.

He has a mainframe mind, planning everything precisely.