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

Jeannine Souza, a self-described bougie traveler, used to avoid Spirit because of its no-frills reputation.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

“It’s definitely the big buzzword in every bougie exercise class,” said Los Angeles-based yoga instructor Kyle Miller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 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

Everything about its architecture is bougie and undeniably impressive, from its ornate archways to its stained glass mosaic windows.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

Seventy bougies occasioned this, with the number of persons all adding to the heat of the room.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by E. S. Roscoe

All sorts of bougies for strictures were invented, and many suggestions as to instrumental relief in difficult strictures made.

From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh

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

The physician is sometimes tempted to overcome the spasmodic closure or partial closure of the esophagus by bougies and dilators, and these the patients learn to pass by themselves.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh