rich kid
(US, informal, somewhat, pejorative) A child, adolescent or young adult from a wealthy family, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth or privilege.
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If he had Sky TV like a rich kid. He'd otherwise be 2 seasons behind on regular TV back then!
I don't always agree with Rick, but been saying this for years. And for the record, most of the Rich Kid music is boring as fuck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJr...
zohran was a career pol with an established record and a natural path to the mayor's office platner is a rich kid who's bored
Hey the rich kid pretneding not to be a rich kid is oooh angry about rich people! Also nothing justifies having a Nazi tattoo. Unless one is one of course.
I love Sir Patrick and I think McAvoy acquitted himself nicely, but the movies really lose something by making him British. Chuck’s a homegrown American liberal asshole rich kid if there ever was one.
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(US, informal, somewhat, pejorative) A child, adolescent or young adult from a wealthy family, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth or privilege.
They were very happy, these poor little folks, to be invited to a dinner party, given by “that rich kid, Alex.”
“If he had Sky TV like a rich kid. He'd otherwise be 2 seasons behind on regular TV back then!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I don't always agree with Rick, but been saying this for years. And for the record, most of the Rich Kid music is boring as fuck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJr...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“zohran was a career pol with an established record and a natural path to the mayor's office platner is a rich kid who's bored”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hey the rich kid pretneding not to be a rich kid is oooh angry about rich people! Also nothing justifies having a Nazi tattoo. Unless one is one of course.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I love Sir Patrick and I think McAvoy acquitted himself nicely, but the movies really lose something by making him British. Chuck’s a homegrown American liberal asshole rich kid if there ever was one.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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