Meaning of blinger | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who makes an ostentatious display of wealth or style.

slang

Examples

“High-tech “blingers” have⟳ talking bibles on CD-ROM. I call⟳ it “point⟳ and click” bling. Some folks I know⟳ have⟳ the Black heritage Bible with the kente cloth motif all over it. I call⟳ that Afrocentric bling.”

“Is the black phenomenon of bling a parodic subversion of wealth and power or the expression of an aspiration to join⟳ the unequal scramble for fame and material success, if only through magical symbolisation rather than actuality in the experience⟳ of most would-be blingers of distinction?”

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