bougies
Wax tapers lit
Bougies is the plural of bougie, slang for people or things perceived as pretentious, materialistic, or aspiring to upper-middle-class taste: Those bougies won't drink anything but oat milk lattes.
The word clips bourgeois and carries a mocking tone.
In medicine, bougies are thin, flexible instruments for dilating body passages—an unrelated term.
Inserted medical drainage tube
- dilationWidening of an opening
- urethraUrinary exit canal
- esophagusFood tube to stomach
- probeThorough examination or tool
instrument · surgical · clinical · insertion · procedure · obstruction · stricture · diameter
Pliable waterproof substance
- wickFuel-drawing cord
- flameBurning gas made visible
- taperNarrow gradually toward point
- paraffinFlammable waxy petroleum derivative
soy · scented · pillar · votive · tealight · snuffer · beeswax · melting
Falsely grand or important
- uppityArrogantly self-important
- fancyElaborate or decorative
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- elitistOne favoring the privileged
aspirational · status-seeking · high-maintenance · affected · posturing · materialistic · superficial · wannabe
Formal event marking occasions
- altarSacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
séance · shrine · prayer · meditation · procession · sanctuary · devotion · remembrance
Quality from past eras
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- collectibleObject worth amassing
chamberstick · candelabra · patina · restoration · provenance · ornate · brass · silver
catheter
Inserted medical drainage tube
probe · instrument · surgical · clinical · insertion · procedure · obstruction · stricture · diameter · flexible
wax
Pliable waterproof substance
paraffin · soy · scented · pillar · votive · tealight · snuffer · beeswax · melting · glow
pretentious
Falsely grand or important
- uppityArrogantly self-important
- fancyElaborate or decorative
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
elitist · aspirational · status-seeking · high-maintenance · affected · posturing · materialistic · superficial · wannabe · showy
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
memorial · séance · shrine · prayer · meditation · procession · sanctuary · devotion · remembrance · sacred
vintage
Quality from past eras
collectible · chamberstick · candelabra · patina · restoration · provenance · ornate · brass · silver · crystal
bougiessalt of the earth
Fundamentally decent, reliable people
regular folks · proletarians · common people · plain folks · real ones