Definition of Chardonnay socialist in English:

Chardonnay socialist

noun

Australian, NZ informal

A person who espouses socialist ideals while enjoying a wealthy and luxurious lifestyle.
these Chardonnay socialists think profanity makes them working class
Example sentencesExamples
- What better grape to start with than chardonnay, the grape that fuels the Labour Party, the unofficial center of the chardonnay socialist movement.
- He's a plastic, chardonnay socialist living in a $2.5M dollar home in one of NZ wealthiest suburbs, pretending to care about people from a much poorer suburb.
- The new establishment is demonised as the chattering classes, chardonnay socialists and latte Left.
- There was some smarmy Chardonnay socialist banging on about how we should be buying (expensive) hybrids.
- The economic policies of our chardonnay socialists will cause huge damage to our economy.
- But a $20 bottle of wine, as our chardonnay socialist friends would know, is a super-premium wine.
- If my mother should meet any of these chardonnay socialists who think profanity makes them working class, she would wash their mouths out with soap.
- And there is no doubting the cabinet minister's exasperation with the chardonnay socialist classes.
- And I was amused when the NBR leapt on my quip that they were chardonnay socialists, but it's probably not that far from the truth.
- The Accord with the unions allowed Labor to embrace the economic reforms that attracted the Chardonnay socialists into the fold.

Origin

1980s: from Chardonnay + socialist, on the pattern of champagne socialist.

单词	Chardonnay socialist
释义	Definition of Chardonnay socialist in English: Chardonnay socialist noun Australian, NZ informal A person who espouses socialist ideals while enjoying a wealthy and luxurious lifestyle. these Chardonnay socialists think profanity makes them working class Example sentencesExamples What better grape to start with than chardonnay, the grape that fuels the Labour Party, the unofficial center of the chardonnay socialist movement. He's a plastic, chardonnay socialist living in a $2.5M dollar home in one of NZ wealthiest suburbs, pretending to care about people from a much poorer suburb. The new establishment is demonised as the chattering classes, chardonnay socialists and latte Left. There was some smarmy Chardonnay socialist banging on about how we should be buying (expensive) hybrids. The economic policies of our chardonnay socialists will cause huge damage to our economy. But a $20 bottle of wine, as our chardonnay socialist friends would know, is a super-premium wine. If my mother should meet any of these chardonnay socialists who think profanity makes them working class, she would wash their mouths out with soap. And there is no doubting the cabinet minister's exasperation with the chardonnay socialist classes. And I was amused when the NBR leapt on my quip that they were chardonnay socialists, but it's probably not that far from the truth. The Accord with the unions allowed Labor to embrace the economic reforms that attracted the Chardonnay socialists into the fold. Origin 1980s: from Chardonnay + socialist, on the pattern of champagne socialist.
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