1. aspiring to or pretending to be of a higher social class; pretentious
Usage: slang; informal

1. a person who acts pretentious or aspires to a higher social class
Usage: slang; informal
2. a thin, flexible medical instrument used to dilate body passages
Usage: medical

Examples

• She thinks she’s too bougie to shop at discount stores.
• Don’t be so bougie about where we eat dinner.
• He’s acting all bougie since he got that promotion.
• That restaurant is full of bougies who complain about everything.
• The doctor used a bougie to examine the patient’s throat.
• Stop being such a bougie and just enjoy the simple things.