@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 6 months agoWhat is the worst case of keeping up with the Joneses that you have seen?message-square92fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down18
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink38•6 months agoLiving beyond your means to try match the lifestyle or possessions of someone else you envy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•6 months agoIt means when you are trying to look more wealthy/better social status than a neighbor, friend, colleague, ect… Usually though some form of conspicuous consumption.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•6 months agoThanks for asking for all of us. In Quebec, we call that an inflatable neighbour (translated)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•6 months agoInteresting! What is the non-translated French term?
Can someone explain what that slang means?
Living beyond your means to try match the lifestyle or possessions of someone else you envy.
It means when you are trying to look more wealthy/better social status than a neighbor, friend, colleague, ect… Usually though some form of conspicuous consumption.
Thanks for asking for all of us. In Quebec, we call that an inflatable neighbour (translated)
Interesting! What is the non-translated French term?
Voisin gonflable.