Booboisie
Word of the day: booboisie
Context: ....... and the fact that he eventually found within himself the ability to churn out everything-you-know-is-wrong historical novels that sold by the truckloand to the booboisie can have soothed his pain only to a limited degree.
Source: National Review; p 43. Dec. 7,2015; Not Enough To Succeed, by Terry Treachout.
Booboisie: boob·oi·sie,, /ˌbo͞obwäˈzē/. noun: booboisie. stupid people as a class. A segment of the general public composed of uneducated, uncultured persons. Coined by H.L. Mencken, as a blend of boob (a stupid person) + bourgeoisie (the middle class).
Context: ....... and the fact that he eventually found within himself the ability to churn out everything-you-know-is-wrong historical novels that sold by the truckloand to the booboisie can have soothed his pain only to a limited degree.
Source: National Review; p 43. Dec. 7,2015; Not Enough To Succeed, by Terry Treachout.
Booboisie: boob·oi·sie,, /ˌbo͞obwäˈzē/. noun: booboisie. stupid people as a class. A segment of the general public composed of uneducated, uncultured persons. Coined by H.L. Mencken, as a blend of boob (a stupid person) + bourgeoisie (the middle class).
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