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Wealth & Fame

glitterati

August 8, 2020 toddmorrill

gli´-der-AH´-dee The group known as the glitterati consists of fashionable people involved in activities perceived as glamorous, such as show business, fashion, and art. There’s no requirement to be rich, […]

 Fame, Wealth, Wealth & Fame

beautiful people

August 8, 2020 toddmorrill

The term the beautiful people refers to the group of wealthy, famous people whose expensive and glamorous lifestyles are well publicized. There’s no requirement to be physically beautiful. Nor is […]

 Wealth & Fame

arriviste

August 8, 2020 toddmorrill

ah-ree-VEEST´ An arriviste is a person who is just beginning to arrive on a social or artistic scene, and who may be viewed as either lacking credentials or as being […]

 Foreign Origins, French, Wealth & Fame

haute bourgeoisie

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 toddmorrill

oat´ burr-zhwah-ZEE´ The haute bourgeoisie is the upper-middle class, especially in France

 Foreign Origins, French, Wealth, Wealth & Fame

noblesse oblige

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 toddmorrill

no-BLESS´ oh-BLEEZH´ French for ‘nobility obligates,’ the concept that high birth or rank obligates one to behave generously and honorably.

 Foreign Origins, French, Wealth, Wealth & Fame

scion

August 8, 2020 toddmorrill

SIGH´-uhn A scion is a person, generally young, born into a rich and influential family.

 Wealth, Wealth & Fame

carriage trade

August 8, 2020 toddmorrill

The term carriage trade originally referred to business transacted with rich clients, but with time, it has also come to describe the group of rich clients themselves. As a general […]

 Wealth, Wealth & Fame

jet set

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 toddmorrill

The term jet set refers to the international group of rich people who congregate at the world’s most fashionable resorts. Members of the jet set are also members of the […]

 Travel, Wealth, Wealth & Fame

prewar apartment

July 11, 2020July 22, 2020 toddmorrill

A prewar apartment is a unit in a type of elegant apartment building constructed in New York City prior to 1941, the year the U.S. entered World War II. Prewar […]

 Architecture, Real Estate, Wealth, Wealth & Fame

jet set

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 toddmorrill

The jet set is the international group of rich people who congregate at the world’s most fashionable resorts. Members of the jet set are also members of the carriage trade, […]

 Fame, Fashion, Travel, Wealth, Wealth & Fame

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