boujee
Boujee (adjective) means Luxurious and high-end in an enjoyable, aspirational way, especially of tastes, style or a lifestyle funded by real money. Example: “Rooftop cocktails and a car home, very boujee.”
How to Use Boujee
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishLiving or looking expensive in a flashy, enjoyable way.
Slang, most at home in social media and music; often used with approval or as a compliment about someone's taste.
Both spellings sound the same. Choose boujee when the tone is admiring and bougie when it is teasing.
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Rooftop cocktails and a car home, very _____.
Etymology
A respelling of bougie, itself a shortening of bourgeois.
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Is boujee a real word?
It is real slang, widely used and understood, and it appears in major dictionaries as a variant of bougie. It is informal, so avoid it in formal writing.
What is the difference between boujee and bougie?
They are variant spellings of the same word, both derived from bourgeois. In practice boujee tends to mean genuinely rich and luxurious and is meant as a compliment, while bougie more often mocks someone for putting on airs.