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Bourgeois

Word of the day on 21 October 2009.

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phocks
a call to arms to the bourgeoisie, the bourgeois twitter aristocracy, the proles are mobile on the electric sea crying out a wish to be free
@phocks

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  • chrisdetar
    90
    Points
    I could be King, if not for the Bourgeois. And the poor. Oh, and the rich.
    @chrisdetar
  • atmarsden
    60
    Points
    Life: designed by the Rulers, created by the Workers, spectated by the Bourgeois
    @atmarsden
  • DaveCurry
    50
    Points
    "I'll have the bourgeois, and the lady will have the petit-bourgeois, both medium-rare," said the famished buffoon.
    @DaveCurry
  • caslexplorers
    50
    Points
    It's bourgeois to pay taxes. The rich can afford good accountants and the poor don't have any money.
    @caslexplorers
  • PudHW
    50
    Points
    If one uses the word bourgeois, chances are one is.
    @PudHW
  • Ysabeluna
    45
    Points
    I have a feeling that an Aristocrat will win / being the expert in describing a "bourgeois", a class beneath him
    @Ysabeluna
  • TheSupercargo
    45
    Points
    Printer to Karl Marx: Look, I can save you money in paper. Just let me set "Of Capital" in bourgeois instead of pica.
    @TheSupercargo
  • DaveCurry
    45
    Points
    Bourgeois Quote of the Day - "I'll have what they're having."
    @DaveCurry
  • JaniceHidey
    45
    Points
    Grandma is writing her racy memoir. Being the only man in her repertoire Grandpa thinks it is bourgeois. @artwiculate
    @JaniceHidey
  • whafro
    44
    Points
    Bourgeois in the 21st century: spending the day on social media sites discussing social media.
    @whafro
  • TheSupercargo
    40
    Points
    Bourgeois & burger share an origin & once meant the same thing. Chew on that with your next Big Mac: Eat the rich! :)
    @TheSupercargo
  • jdmyers
    40
    Points
    Not sure I can use bourgeois in a tweet and not sound pompous, so this is what you get. #artwiculate
    @jdmyers
  • chrisdetar
    40
    Points
    The Congressman assured the town hall that he was still bourgeois as he headed 2 his limo 2 take him 2 the jet 2 deliver him 2 his mansion.
    @chrisdetar
  • indymavs
    40
    Points
    Bourgeois Faux pas = driving your SUV to a local save the environment meeting
    @indymavs
  • chrisdetar
    40
    Points
    The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.
    @chrisdetar
  • caslexplorers
    40
    Points
    Marie Antoinette thought the crowd bourgeois / 'Til she lost her head in the coup d'etat.
    @caslexplorers
  • justscribbling
    40
    Points
    How did such a grand-looking word like bourgeois end up meaning "middle-class"? English is just weird. #artwiculate
    @justscribbling
  • tama001
    39
    Points
    The Tokyo Mortor Show of this year has few cars which are a bourgeois. #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • chrisdetar
    39
    Points
    Bourgeois? You betcha!
    @chrisdetar
  • onesparrow
    35
    Points
    Why be bourgeois? Proletariat has so much more to offer. Ah, you caught me. That was a lie.
    @onesparrow
  • DaveCurry
    35
    Points
    "You might have hit a nerve with me had your insult not been so bourgeois," the puffy statesman plainly stated to the help.
    @DaveCurry
  • routermonkey
    35
    Points
    Bourgeois Boeuf bourguignon - bacon, braised beef & Burgundy. Blissful!
    @routermonkey
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    Burgeoning bourgeois | Struck down by winter’s hard freeze | Summer’s safe, within. #haiku #artwiculate
    @tWordBird
  • ZimmerJohn
    35
    Points
    If someone in the office goofed Bourgeois Bob would yell "Off with her head!" His boss would sigh: "Bob, don't be an ass. Get back to work."
    @ZimmerJohn
  • TheSupercargo
    35
    Points
    Since I saw bourgeois was WOTD, a snip of Madonna's song is looping in my head. But: Bour-geoi-sie! How to use that? Oh.
    @TheSupercargo
  • gillespieza
    35
    Points
    The Bourgeois drink Beaujolais Nouveau in bacchanal bash. A bitter, "bananas and bubblegum" bottle of booze
    @gillespieza
  • tweetiepie98
    35
    Points
    @artwiculate My neighbor called me "uppity and bourgeois" just because I have a nice double wide trailer and hers is only a single.
    @tweetiepie98
  • Eekaboo
    35
    Points
    Being bourgeois isn't all that bad...not too rich...and not too poor.
    @Eekaboo
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    Hmm… perhaps @artwiculate could add in a Bourgeois Board–for those of us whose mid-range scores fall a bit below the top-fifty? ;)
    @tWordBird
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Bourgeois is as bourgeois does.
    @SJHatzi
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Voulez-vous bourgeois avec moi, c'est soir?
    @SJHatzi
  • MaryJenkins
    35
    Points
    In order to relate better to the working class, Madonna is adopting the nickname of the Bourgeois Girl, and Springsteen will be The Foreman.
    @MaryJenkins
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    His proletarian attitude and her bourgeois trust fund made a truly perfect couple. But, the kids sure turned out confused.
    @marcosarroyos
  • PrabhasGupte
    35
    Points
    to purchase or not to purchase... that's the bourgeois dilemma. #Artwiculate
    @PrabhasGupte
  • DaveCurry
    34
    Points
    "Twitter? Tired. Facebook? Bourgeois. MySpace? Passé. Wave? Archaic. I need a glass of milk." - Thoughts of a 7 Year Old Tech Entrepreneur
    @DaveCurry
  • tWordBird
    34
    Points
    Bourgeois or not bourgeois? Is THAT the question? Shouldn't it be “what’s the content of your character?” not “what’s your income/property”?
    @tWordBird
  • silversteelwolf
    34
    Points
    "That's, like, so totally bourgeois," she said into her iPhone, tossing her blonde-frosted hair and admiring her UGG boots.
    @silversteelwolf
  • chrisdetar
    34
    Points
    I was bourgeois til the bank gave me all the money. Then after a bit I was bourgeois again after the repo man took it all back.
    @chrisdetar
  • MaryJenkins
    34
    Points
    Sleigh bells ring,R U listening? In d stores, products r glistening.A beautiful site is K-Mart's Blue Lite,shop'in in a bourgeois wonderland
    @MaryJenkins
  • tWordBird
    34
    Points
    Hmm… Perhaps Burger King should really be named Burger Bourgeois, considering?! #artwiculate
    @tWordBird
  • ZimmerJohn
    30
    Points
    There was an old man named Francois-He wasn't so rich, just bourgeois-He read books from France-If he got a chance-Hugo and Camus and Dumas.
    @ZimmerJohn
  • c4frog
    30
    Points
    the best way to flaunt your bourgeois aspirations is to drop french clichés in chat. l'oeuvre qui en résulte sera d'un ennui impressionnant.
    @c4frog
  • TheSupercargo
    30
    Points
    And looking at it another way, @lomnoir: Yesterday proletariat are the bourgeois of today. Oh Fortuna! We are all on the wheel!
    @TheSupercargo
  • Anamuk
    30
    Points
    Bourgeois complaint of the day ? This meeting only has instant coffee available
    @Anamuk
  • revhappiness
    30
    Points
    In a complete act of bourgeois vandalism, the cat decided to mark his territory on his owner's face. While he slept.
    @revhappiness
  • carlosjmartinez
    30
    Points
    @artwiculate It's probably fair to say that a preoccupation with vocabulary-building is a thoroughly bourgeois trait.
    @carlosjmartinez
  • caslexplorers
    30
    Points
    There once was a girl from Artois Who counted her lovers at trois A man on the left A man on the right And the third one was so bourgeois
    @caslexplorers
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    I'd rather be Artwiculate bourgeoisie than any other Word-of-the-day Game nobility.
    @SJHatzi
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    The bourgeois are not a pissoir.
    @SJHatzi

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