UPPER CLASS
ADJECTIVES
► RAH-RAH upper-class, esp. British → 1910 sl.
► SILK-STOCKING wealthy, upper-class → L18 colloq.
► TOFFY of the upper classes → 1901 sl.
► TOP-OF-THE-POT high-class, excellent → 1824 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► BETTER SORT the upper classes → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► QUALITY TOSS the attributes and style of the upper classes → 1910 Irish sl.
► SILK-STOCKING AVENUE an exclusive or upper-class area → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SILK-STOCKING DISTRICT an exclusive or upper-class area → 1893 Amer. dial.
► SILK-STOCKING HILL an exclusive or upper-class area → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SILK-STOCKING QUARTER an exclusive or upper-class area → 1903 Amer. dial.
► SILK-STOCKING ROW an exclusive or upper-class area → 1949 Amer. dial.
► SILK-STOCKING WARD an exclusive or upper-class area → 1965 Amer. dial.
► THE QUALITY the upper classes; society → 18C
► THE UPPER CRUST the upper classes → 1843 sl.
► TIPPYBOBS a term of utmost contempt for the upper or wealthy classes → 1791 Amer.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ALGERNON a young male aristocrat or upper-class male → L19 sl.
► ALGY a young male aristocrat or upper-class male → L19 Brit, sl.
► BAGEL a spoiled, wealthy, upper-class (Jewish) young man → 1981 S. Afr. sl.
► BALLYHOO an upper-class person → 1922 US sl.
► BIT OF POSH an upper-class or socially superior young woman regarded as a sexual object → 1977 UK sl.
► CHINLESS WONDER an ineffectual (young) upper-class man → 1962 Brit. sl.
► GENTLEMAN OF THE FIRST HEAD a term of contempt; an upstart gentleman; an imitator of the upper classes → 1611 obs.
► GENTLEMAN OF THE FIRST HOUSE a term of contempt; an upstart gentleman; an imitator of the upper classes → 1625 obs.
► GIN AND JAGUAR BIRD a wealthy (usually married) woman from the upper-class districts, and in some senses likely to be ‘racy’ or sexual accommodating → 1970 sl.
► HOBNOBS members of the upper classes → 1990 Irish sl.
► HOORAY ► HOORAY HENRY orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man → 1936 Brit. sl., derogatory
► ICKY a member of the upper classes → 1930 African-American sl.
► LADY-BAIRN a female child of social rank; one born to be a lady → 1863 Sc.
► LADY SNOW a respected upper-class White woman → 1950 African-American sl.
► LEDDY-LASS a female child of social rank; one born to be a lady → 1879 Sc.
► OK YARDIE a stereotypical Briton of the upper-class or middle-class who lives in west London’s gangland → 1998 UK sl.
► QUALITY people of good social position; the gentry; the upper classes → 1693 arch. and Eng. dial.
► SILVER PHEASANT a beautiful upper-class or society woman → 1920 sl.
► SILVERTAIL a wealthy or upper-class person; somebody affluent and socially prominent; a member of the privileged class → 1890 sl., orig. Aust. bushmen’s usage, derogatory
► SWANK an aristocrat; a member of the upper classes → 1920 sl.
► TOFF a person of the upper classes, esp. wealthy and smartly dressed; a distinguished person → 1851 Brit. sl.
► TOP OF THE POT the highest position, esp. in social or economic standing, a person of the highest social class; the most excellent one → 1824 Amer. dial.
► TOP-SHELFER a person or thing of the highest class; a member of the upper class → 1882
► UPPER a member of the upper classes → 1940 sl.
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