Bourgeoisie is more than a word. It means something different depending on when and where it's being used.
In this episode of Stuff You Should Know's "Short Stuff" segment, Josh and Chuck explore the surprising history of the word "bougie," tracing its journey from a simple French descriptor for middle-class town dwellers all the way through Karl Marx's communist critique, the American labor movement, and finally into modern hip-hop culture. You'll discover how a neutral word transformed into an insult thanks to philosophers and revolutionaries, then got reclaimed as a badge of pride by artists like Migos and Gladys Knight and the Pips. It's a fascinating linguistic road trip that shows how the same word can mean totally different things depending on where you are and who's using it.
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