bougie /ˈbuːʒi/adjective 2noun 3forms 3 adjective2 •(slang, disapproving) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).Hey, look, man, I haven't changed, I'm not gonna change and I'm not down with this bougie stuff. — 1991 •(slang) Fancy or good-looking, without connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness. noun3 •(slang, disapproving) A person who exhibits bougie behavior. •A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie. •A wax candle. formsbougies · bougier · bougiest
