# Bosh swag?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosh-swag/86853>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 11, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosh-swag/86853 "2001-10-11T19:36:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosh-swag/86853/1 "2001-10-11T19:36:39Z")

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'I saw a video of ‘Sifl and Ollie’ and in one segment one character snaps to another, “Shut up!”, to which the second replies with something that sounded like, “Well, you don’t have to be so bosh swag about it.”  
I’m guessing it’s a foriegn phrase I’m not familiar with… or I’m way out of the loop.  
Anyone know what this might be?

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**Author:** ![Perderabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosh-swag/86853/2 "2001-10-11T19:52:29Z")

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_Bourgeois_ probably. While borrowed from the French, I found it in my American English dictionary. It means middle class, but I’ve only ever heard it used as an insult.

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**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosh-swag/86853/3 "2001-10-11T20:10:55Z")

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Sounds like that might be it. My Random House def #5 -  
“lacking in refinement ; philistine”.  
Thanks.