cashed-up bogan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who is unsophisticated or of a lower class background but achieving a high salary, who spends money on flashy or trashy items to fulfil their aspirations of higher social status. The stereotype includes having speech and mannerisms that are considered to denote poor education and uncultured upbringing, which is reflected in their bad taste possessions and lifestyles.
Australian usage
Example Sentences
- "And the tourists all seem to be cashed-up bogans with plenty of money and no bloody taste or brains."
- "Available for only $90 a bottle, the new ‘limited edition’, ‘luxury’ brand targets the cashed-up bogan who is eager to make a maxtreme statement about its exclusivity, uniqueness and wealth."
- "Then he skewered the ‘inner urban elite’, which had viewed Irwin as just a ‘fucking moron’ and, worse, a ‘cashed-up bogan’."