ELITE
ADJECTIVES
► PURE MERINO first-class, well-bred, elite → 1827 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► SILK STOCKING designating the social elite; pert. to the wealthy; upper-class → L18 sl.
NOUNS
► CRÈME DE LA CRÈME the elite; the very pick of society → 1848
► FANCY PANTS the social elite, the aristocracy → 1935 sl., orig. US
► FAT the business elite; the wealthiest members of the community → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FATMAN the business elite; the wealthiest members of the community → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► HIGHLANDS the prosperous parts of a town, where the wealthy elite live → 20C US sl.
► NOBBERY the elite → 2000 UK sl.
► SILK STOCKINGS the social elite → L19 US sl.
► UPPER TEN the social elite, the upper classes, the aristocracy → M19 sl., orig. US
► UPPERTENDOM the world of the social elite → M19 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► HIGH HAT an affected, supercilious, or condescending person; an aristocrat; a wealthy or conceited person; a snob; a member of the social elite → 1923 US colloq., orig. theatre sl.
► HIGH-HATTER a self-important, stuck-up, or citified person; a snob; a conceited or arrogant person; a member of the social elite → 1942 Amer. dial.
► MISS LIZZIE TISH ► MISS TIZZIE LISH an elite social leader of a community; usually used mockingly→ 1960s US sl.
► MRS ASTOR an elite ‘social leader’ of a community; usually mocking → 1960s US sl.
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