Bougieness is the noun form of "bougie" — that AAVE-rooted word for acting or aspiring to be upper-class, fancy, or snobby, even when you didn't grow up that way. Someone with bougieness might insist on name-brand coffee, turn their nose up at casual restaurants, or treat anything budget as beneath them. It can be teasing or complimentary depending on tone. The word captures both the reach-for-more hustle and the pretension that sometimes comes with it, with just enough shade baked in.
The bougieness hit different when she started asking for oat milk at a diner that barely had 2%.
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(AAVE) The quality of being bougie.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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