booboisie
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of boob + bourgeoisie.
Noun edit
booboisie (plural booboisies)
- A social class made up of ignorant and uncultured people.
Related terms edit
References edit
- “booboisie”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- Word Wealth: Booboisie in the Aceh Times.
- Scourge of the Booboisie Weighing H.L. Mencken's legacy, by Jack Shafer in Reason Magazine. A review of The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken by Terry Teachout.