"bougie" meaning in English

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          "text": "I don't need you or your brand new Benz / Or your bougie friends",
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          "ref": "2024 March 6, Giles Yeo, “Why the double standards on ultra-processed foods? Because some have better PR than others”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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          "ref": "1991 September 23, “Will Gets a Job”, in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, season 2, episode 3",
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          "ref": "2007 October 12, L. Kent Wolgamott, “Satire pervades the series of fictional magazine covers”, in The Lincoln Journal Star",
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          "text": "Shangela is kind of bougie, but she's also your homegirl.",
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          "ref": "2010, “Sleazy”, performed by Ke$ha",
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          "ref": "2024 March 6, Giles Yeo, “Why the double standards on ultra-processed foods? Because some have better PR than others”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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