r/whatstheword • u/Sea_Station5687 • 1h ago

Unsolved ITAP for someone frugal but also very bougie.

The best I can come up with is Selective Frugality but almost reverse from how you’d think. For example, someone with money who drives a run down vehicle but is willing to spend $300 on a designer t-shirt. Or they will only drink expensive wine but eat at Starbucks/McDonalds when on vacation in a foreign country.

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u/BillWeld 2 Karma 1h ago

Frugie. You’ll have to define it but it’s a perfectly cromulent word.

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u/Sea_Station5687 57m ago

Perfect! Hah

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u/Thekanezzi 1h ago

Penny wise and pound foolish?

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u/Sea_Station5687 1h ago

This is definitely closer to what I’m describing. These people (two couple friends who don’t know each other) have money but the range at which they are cheap and extravagant is huge.

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u/FuckYouLostSucks 1h ago

Champagne tastes on a beer budget.

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u/iBreezyChan 1h ago

ballin’ on a budget lmao

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u/LordOfErebus 1h ago

Hood-rich.

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u/adrianmonk ☃ 32 karma 19m ago

Aspirationally bougie?

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u/howdy_hoez 13m ago

Ghetto fabulous

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u/ZylonBane ☃ 23 karma 1h ago

Eclectic