rich kid
/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ ˌkɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A child, adolescent or young adult from a wealthy family, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth or privilege.
American usage; Derogatory; Informal
Example Sentences
- "They were very happy, these poor little folks, to be invited to a dinner party, given by “that rich kid, Alex.”"
- "The defendant, Albert Butler Chatham, in the words of his attorney, is a spoiled rich kid with a mania for automobiles."
- ""The more money you are given, the less happy you're apt to be," says John Sedgwick, author of the blockbuster book Rich Kids. "That's especially true of rich kids who inherit such great wealth that they never have to support themselves. […] Rich kids live strange and isolated childhoods and go on an endless, fruitless search for happiness.""
- "It was only a few days after her kidnapping that theories began to develop in radical circles that Patricia Hearst planned her own kidnapping. According to prevailing conjecture, she was a rich kid out for fun, rebelling against the social restrictions of upper-class life."
- "No one, save for the heroine (Jennifer Love Hewitt, passable as a Final Girl), is very likable, with several characters being outright assholes, primarily Ryan Phillippe’s inexplicably douche-y rich kid."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ ˌkɪd/
- British English: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ ˌkɪd/
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Informal