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booboisie U.S. slang.|buːbwaˈziː| [Jocular formation f. boob n. 2 + -oisie, after bourgeoisie.] ‘Boobs’ as a class.
1922in Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4, 1946) xi. 560. 1927 St. John Ervine in Observer 24 Apr. 15/1, I would not for the world rob the booboisie of their entertainments. Let them have their footling stories..on the screen. 1959J. Thurber Years with Ross iv. 61 Those well-known..objects of..scorn and ridicule, the booboisie. 196120th Cent. Jan. 72 They wanted to be as eccentric as they pleased..and..could not do that among the booboisie of America. |