Corey in Fort Worth noticed bougie in music and books and wondered how it moved from the Marx-era sense of bourgeois toward a slang insult. Bougie, also spelled boojee, is short for bourgeois and usually criticizes someone as showy, putting on airs...
In Bleak House, Charles Dickens is credited with the earliest known use of growlery: a private room for growling, sulking, or simply getting away from everyone. Its French cousin boudoir began with a similar mood; it comes from bouder, meaning to...
gorgeois adj.— «The message came from a friend on the West Coast: “What’s up, gorgeois?” Confused, we called our friend back, only to learn the word is enjoying a moment in the stylist lexicon. It has even eclipsed genius...
