SOCIAL, SOCIAL CLIMBER, SOCIAL CLIMBING, SOCIALITE
ADJECTIVES
.M19 — TUFT-HUNTING socially aspirant → sl.
NOUNS
..L18 — TUFT-HUNTING social climbing, pursuing aristocratic connections → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1605 — GADFLY a person who frequently goes out socializing; a gadabout; a social butterfly
1637 — GRANDLING a person who occupies a grand social position; a person who affects grandeur → obs. somewhat derogatory
1693 — QUALITY people of good social position; the gentry; the upper classes → arch. & Eng. dial.
1749 — GIRL ABOUT TOWN a female who is constantly seen at fashionable social occasions; a socialite; generally, a female with a modern or sophisticated outlook and lifestyle
1774 — SLUT a girl of lower social standing → US
1807 — WINDY SKEW a giddy, pleasure-hunting socialite → Sc.
1830 — PINK a society belle; a girl or woman of the social elite → Amer. dial.
.M19 — TUFT-HUNTER a snob; a toady; a social climber → sl.
1856 — MUFFIN one’s ‘girl’, by arrangement, for the social life of a season → Can. sl. obs.
1877 — COURT CARD a person of high social position or importance → obs.
1887 — HALF-STRAINER a social climber; one who tries to live above one’s true station; one who puts on airs, and tries to associate with his superiors → Amer. dial.
1895 — GIDDY KIPPER a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite → sl.
1895 — GIDDY WHELK a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite → sl.
1895 — GIDDY WHELP a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite → sl.
1895 — GIDDY YOUNG WHELK a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite → sl.
1895 — GIDDY YOUNG WHELP a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite → sl.
1896 — HALF-WAY STRAINER a social climber; one who tries to live above one’s true station; one who puts on airs, and tries to associate with his superiors → Amer. dial.
..L19 — UPPITIES social climbers → US sl.
1900 — POODLE-FAKER a man who cultivates female society, esp. for the purpose of professional advancement; a ladies’ man; an unmanly man → sl., orig. services’ usage
1905 — QUAL a person of high social position; also, a stuck-up, wealthy person; generally used in plural → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — LUSHER a high liver, a voluptuary → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — QUALITY FOLKS people of high social status → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1920 — SILVER PHEASANT a beautiful upper-class or society woman → sl.
1934 — DEBBIES’ DELIGHT an elegant and attractive young man in high society → Brit. sl., mainly derogatory
1934 — DEBS’ DELIGHT an elegant and attractive young man in high society → Brit. sl. mainly derogatory
1940 — CACK-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman → African-American sl.
1940 — CACKLE-BROAD a ‘Cack-Broad’ → African-American sl.
1942 — SILVERTAIL an affected person; one who puts on airs and graces; a social climber → sl.
1960 — MISS LIZZIE TISH an elite social leader of a community; usually used mockingly→ US sl.
1965 — GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person → Amer. dial.
1965 — MR. GOTROCKS — MRS. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person → Amer. dial.
1966 — ALMIGHTIES a jocular name for people who are, or think they are, the best society of a community → Amer. dial.
1966 — MISS ASTOR — MRS. ASTOR a woman who puts on a lot of airs; an elite ‘social leader’ of a community; usually mocking → Amer. dial.
1970 — HEAVY a person who is not socially aware → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — TUSH a wealthy, light-skinned society Black person → African-American sl.
1977 — BIT OF POSH an upper-class or socially superior young woman regarded as a sexual object → UK sl.
1980 — PARVE a parvenu, a person from a humble background who has rapidly gained wealth or an influential social position; a nouveau riche; an upstart, a social climber → Aust. sl.
1986 — PADDINGTON LEFTIE an upwardly and greedily mobile ‘parlour’ socialite → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1988 — GADABOUT a person who leads an active social life → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1992 — GANDY DANCER an active socialite; a man about town; a womanizer → US sl.
1994 — CACOGEN an anti-social person (Bk.)