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  • Blame it on the condescending bourgois gentilhomme who yesterday thought it OK to treat me as thick because I choose to express myself simply and concisely.

    rue89 2008

  • In an urban setting sure, size is an issue, and to needlessly take up too much is very “bourgois”, but in an environment where this is not an issue EFFECTIVE use of space in design is paramount.

    The Chestnut Residence by Dan Heinfeld 2008

  • All were construed as wars against evil, the infidel, the exploitative bourgois, etc.

    Dawkins' deterministic idea 2006

  • Get an education and forget politics…leave that to the bourgois who use it as a tool to loot.

    Am I Over-Prioritizing My Education? | spazeboy 2006

  • * Similarly, Guardians (who seek External Structure) often regard Idealists as crusading liberal artistes, while Idealists (who seek Internal Change) see Guardians as boring, bourgois reactionaries.

    Will The Real Explorer Please Stand Up? 2005

  • For other people, security is not only something they don't personally think about, they actually regard those who do care about their security as uptight/repressed/bourgois.

    Do You Trust Me? 2005

  • My “favourite” was being asked by a very bourgois type, as I descended from an RER train, if he could bother me by asking if I was wearing stockings or tights.

    parklife 2005

  • The bourgois press, bourgois parties and imperialism and set up other names, other figures and other leaders.

    SESSION OF PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT NATL ASSEMBLY 1979

  • But all of a sudden a dispatch materializes saying that I said that the bourgois law must be broken ....

    JACK ANDERSON ARTICLE ON CHILE 1972

  • In his statements Peyrafitte said that Fidel had stated that the UP government should break the bourgois law.

    JACK ANDERSON ARTICLE ON CHILE 1972

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