silvertail
/ˈsɪlvəteɪl
/Australian informal
noun
A person who is socially prominent or who displays social aspirations: the area is not uniformly full of silvertails sending their kids to elite private schools...
- He took the move of labelling the nation's biggest farm lobby groups as silver tails and irrelevant.
- I know many Australians will say, "Oh, you poor silvertail" and, frankly, I'm not complaining about the unrealised gain on this investment over the past few years.
- He might be a silvertail, but he always had a remarkable personal magnetism and knew how to work the campaign trail.
adjective
Having social privileges or aspirations: silvertail suburbs...
- They were in the silvertail areas of Vaucluse and Watson's Bay.
- A group of actors turn up at the palace of the silvertail socialist and present themselves as illegal aliens seeking asylum.
- The seat is often associated with silver tail suburbs, but it also includes more ordinary and densely populated areas.
Origin
Late 19th century: probably originally with reference to the wearing of dress uniforms.