the chattering classesnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈtʃæt.ə.rɪŋ ˌklɑː.sɪz /us/ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ ˌklæs.ɪz /UK informal disapprovingwell-educated middle-class people who enjoy discussing political, cultural, and social matters and who express opinions on a lot of subjects
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Class & class-consciousness in general
- arriviste
- bougie
- bourgeois
- class struggle
- class-conscious
- high society
- Hooray Henry
- inverted snob
- lower class
- lowest common denominator
- polarize
- prole
- proletarian
- riff-raff
- Sloane Ranger
- underclass
- untouchable
- upper class
- upwardly mobile
- well bred
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