bougie

The $500,000 family in the New York Times piece is bougie but not entirely out of touch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

I didn’t mind paying the fee, but I wonder if it would be worth it to get the bougie card to have year-round access.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

Gou would have felt equally at home playing in Grand Slam Oval, a patch which feels like an Ibiza beach club throughout the tournament due to a thumping sound system and bougie lounge bars.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

“Places can be very bougie when it comes to skincare. I feel like those places tend to be pretty judgmental,” said Preciado as his skin began to tighten into scale-like formations as the paste dried.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

“You’re cool, Georgia, but your family is bougie as hell,” I say.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

Gum elastic œsophageal bougies with connection to fit syringe.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

Larger and larger bougies are used at the successive treatments which are given at intervals of from four to seven days.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

M. M. The perpetual use of bougies, either of catgut or of caoutchouc.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

Introduction of Bougies.—Œsophageal bougies or probangs are used for diagnostic purposes in cases of suspected stricture, and to aid in the detection of foreign bodies.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

When the chancre is within the meatus, iodoform bougies are inserted into the urethra, and the urine should be rendered bland by drinking large quantities of fluid.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson