bougie

bougie

1. yhteys|AmE|slangi|halventava poroporvarillinen, pikkuporvarillinen, sovinnainen, hienosteleva

2. yhteys|BrE|slangi hieno, hienostunut

Rimmaavat sanat

bougie rimmaa näiden kanssa:

aie, matka-aie, zombie, caddie, hie, lie, collie, brie, brasserie, lassie...

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Englannin sanakirja

bougie englanniksi

1. puhekieltä A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.

2. 2001, w:Oliver Sacks|Oliver Sacks, w:Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood|Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, w:Alfred A. Knopf|Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 12,

I was not too sure, as a child, what doctors "did," and glimpses of catheters and bougies in their kidney dishes, retractors and speculums, rubber gloves, catgut thread, and forecepts - all this, I think, rather frightened me, though it fascinated me too.

3. A wax candle.

4. puhekieltä Acting as if one is of a higher social status than one is; suspicions regarding true roots and background are implied.

2007, Satire pervades the series of fictional magazine covers , L. Kent Wolgamott, The Lincoln Journal Star, October 12, 2007, http://journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/article_ea94f11c-d61d-5940-8eb2-688609281e26.html:

Called “bougie” when she was growing up, even though she’d never considered herself close to that, Ewing has turned the word around, using it as the title of a fictitious magazine she has dreamed up.

2007, ":w:Glamorous (song)|Glamorous" by :w:Fergie (singer)|Fergie:

I'll be on the movie screens

Magazines and bougie scenes

I'm not clean, I'm not pristine

I'm no queen, I'm no machine

2010, :w:RuPauls Drag Race|RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 2, Episode 1, Gone With the Window'', airdate February 1, 2010:

Shangela is kind of bougie, but she's also your homegirl.

2010, ":w:Sleazy (Kesha song)|Sleazy" by :w:Ke$ha (singer)|Ke$ha:

I don't need you or your brand new Benz

Or your bougie friends

I don't need love lookin' like diamonds

Lookin' like diamonds

5. candle

6. spark plug

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