Ke$ha used the word similarly in her 2010 song Sleazy with these lines: “I don't need you or your brand-new Benz / Or your bougie friends / And I don't need love, lookin like diamonds / Lookin like diamonds.”īut not everyone agrees that these two versions even mean the same thing. 'Boujee' is an intentional misspelling of 'bougie,' which is slang for bourgeois, and refers to the materialism of society’s middle class.” Genius calls Migos’ Bad and Boujee “a trap anthem about making money and spending time with women who have expensive taste.

But it's complicated, as are its connotations. The widespread use of bougie these days has sparked a debate about appropriation. Their examples include designer coffee, brunching, rosé, organic and free range food, electric cars, using “a selfie you took on top of a mountain as your Facebook profile picture,” and “milk products that come from basically anyplace but cows.” Pop culture and appropriation Take for example the following listicles: one from Thought Catalog called “Things Bougie People Like” and one from Very Smart Brothas “40 Signs You Just Might Be a Bougie Black Person.” So in modern-day English, someone who is bougie is creating an air of wealth or upper class status - whether it's true or not.

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