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It's easy, you just add -ie to bourgeois.
The -ie ending is from French and is like a hand-wavy ending meaning "that lot".
Happy to help
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Burgerie.
Wow, it's so easy!
Down with the burgerie!
Chickenie Power!
I'm pretty sure it's spelled 'bolognese' 🤔
Guillotine baloney? A meat slicer will do.
Ball Juan Z
i think thats the correct spelling
for anyone actually wondering, its:
bourgeoisie
Written exactly the way it's pronounced (unironically if you're French)
Wow, if they invented the word they must really have had a lot of respect for this kind of person throughout their history
Bourgeoisie?
That's french for "rich stuck up idiot".
Boojourneese?
Thanks, you too!
Ah yes.. The annual ghost migration
that is why I just call em bougie
and this, people, is how language evolves
for reference it's "borgare" in swedish, which is satisfyingly similar (granted it's the same fucking word so yeah)
I love hearing about the evolution of languages. a third of the shorts I see on YouTube are etymology types and it's been so fun learning how stuff changes over time, where words come from. its so cool and really shows how language is designed to be a fluid construct
Idk I personally prefer calling them Capitalists (clear and concise definition) :3
bore-jwa-zi
The Borg?
I'm quite sure that's as a-political as one can get.
I thought I was the only one. 🥹
Burgoyzee?