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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by ChainOfFools on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:43PM (#33897494)
> Nouveau riche pseudo-sophisticated country people who think that money = culture

I recently learned that a word for precisely this sort of person exists, "parvenu."

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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by nadavr on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:39PM (#33903871)
Not sure what you mean by "precisely this sort of person", but a "parvenu" is better thought of as the inverse of a "pariah" -- someone from an outgroup who has achieved special acceptance, status, and celebration.
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