"what color is your Bugatti" meaning in English

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Phrase

Etymology: Coined by Andrew Tate in March 2022 during a video with YouTuber Mike Thurston, and was popularized not long after. In the video, Tate flaunts his newest Bugatti Chiron to Thurston, and explains to him how he handles the people who say they dislike its color: he deridingly asks them, “what color is your Bugatti?” knowing that the vast majority of them are unlikely to own one. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Andrew Tate|in=March 2022}} Coined by Andrew Tate in March 2022 Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} what color is your Bugatti
  1. (often humorous, rhetorical question, sarcastic, slang) Expression intended to flaunt one’s own material possessions and simultaneously deride another person for not having them. Wikipedia link: Bugatti Chiron Tags: humorous, often, rhetoric, sarcastic, slang Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Synonyms: what colour is your Bugatti [Commonwealth, Ireland]
    Sense id: en-what_color_is_your_Bugatti-en-phrase--3vy4E00 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English sentences, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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