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adhocracy
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booboisie
ekistics

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PRONUNCIATION:

(boo-bwa-ZEE)

MEANING:

noun: Ignorant or uncultured people regarded as a class.

ETYMOLOGY:

Coined by H.L. Mencken, as a blend of boob (a stupid person) + bourgeoisie (the middle class), from French bourgeois, from Latin burgus (fortress, fortified town). Earliest documented use: 1922.

USAGE:

“Maybe it means that such artists operate at a level of sophistication that eludes the booboisie.”
Sam Sacks; Life Choices; Harper’s Magazine (New York); Feb 2017.

See more usage examples of booboisie in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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