United Statesbougie
adjective · Informal · BOO-zhee
Pretentiously upmarket; aspiring to luxury. Applied to tastes, places and people, usually with affectionate mockery.
United States
American Slang for Money & Work
5 American slang terms for money & work, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Slang for cash, cost, employment and effort. Money terms are among the oldest and most durable slang in any language, and often the most regionally specific.
broke
adjective · Colloquial
Having no money. Dead broke and flat broke intensify it.
bucks
noun · Colloquial
Dollars. 'Twenty bucks.' Entirely ordinary and used in contexts where the formal word would sound stiff.
grind
noun, verb · Informal
Relentless hard work, especially toward a goal. 'Back on the grind.'
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side hustle
noun · Colloquial
A second source of income alongside a main job. Framed as entrepreneurial, though often it is simply a second job that wages have made necessary.