That's self aggrandizing/braggadocio and yes, noxious. Just admit it...you weren't being "cutesy" at all, you either couldn't remember the correct term, or you didn't know it.
I stated facts. I wasn't "nasty"; unless I hit you too close to the bone.
You claim to live in N.Y.C., come from money, but consider the Forbes article to be off base for an upper middle class family of 4. That just jive.
And whilst we're on the subject of "nasty", calling a fictional family ( which IS what the Forbes thing is ), nouveau riche and worse, was nasty of you.
What people are failing to take into consideration, is that the article is about the upper middle class. It's also rather hypothetical and generalized.
Taking it personally, which you and others have done, is silly; especially for you, who are unmarried and childless. >>>>>>>>
I was being cutesy, the correct term doesn't take a rocket scientist to remember.
I highly suggest you go read Paul Fussell's long standing classic on the Class system in America. Simply titled "Class".
Oh and I'm so sorry for calling a "fictional family" nouveau riche. Do you think the fictional family will fictionally sue me for slander ?
You're a tad bit scary too.
A wee bit too angry towards a perfect stranger on the internet
Oh goody...a book suggestion. I just LOVE book lists.
Since I read "CLASS", by Paul Fussell in 1983, your suggestion is useless. Just when did YOU find that book?
Here are a few books, that will help you and your wee charade....
"BOBOS IN PARADISE", by David Brooks, "THE PREPPY HANDBOOK", edited by Lisa Birnbach, "A SWARM OF WASPS", by Mrs. Falk Feeley, "THE WASP MYSTIQUE", by Richard C. Robertiello, M.D. and Diana Hoguet,"THE AVERAGE AMERICAN BOOK", by Barry Tarshis, and the one you most need, "THE COMPLETE UPMANSHIP", by Stephen Potter.
For someone who got her panties in knots about a fiction family, you certainly are carrying this all more than a wee bit far, n00b. :-)