What does bougie mean? Aaliyah asks. Aunt Aretha doesn’t hesitate. At its worst, it means stuck-up, but it can also mean a person who likes the finer things. So eating neck bones and mac and cheese with rice and gravy isn’t being bougie? Not at all, chile. Not at all. Unless you eating at one of those gentrified soul food places that charge an arm, leg, and entire backside for a spoonful of black-eyed peas.
