booboisie

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Its gushers of wealth were said to be strangling intellectual life in an America as the booboisie, in their catch-penny wisdom, had chosen men like Harding and Coolidge to be president.

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  • I would say, in fact, that probably 50\% of the great booboisie now uses that pron. for luxury and exit .... —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Its gushers of wealth were said to be strangling intellectual life in an America as the booboisie, in their catch-penny wisdom, had chosen men like Harding and Coolidge to be president. —  TELOSscope: The Telos Press blog
  • His biting commentary on politics, religion and the "booboisie" made him one of the nation's greatest social critics. —  Blog updates
  • Surveying the teeming hordes of American citizens, Mencken called them the "booboisie." —  3quarksdaily
  • The booboisie is composed of idiots and mental children. —  3quarksdaily
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