'They're 'retired' but in their 30s': 20+ Phrases only wealthy people say that make us feel like bumpkins

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Aug 31, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

Rich people love to be covert about how rich they are. Maybe they're scared to be too braggadocious or offend someone. Maybe they're trying to be relatable to the common man. Maybe they're worried that people are going to ask them for money if they know how rich they are. Or maybe they're afraid to come across as "new money," a phrase used to deride Beverly Hillbillies-esque rich people. Whatever the case may be, they're trying to hide it. 

But there are some dead giveaways that cut right through that humble facade. You can't pretend to be a regular working Joe if you slip something in about "our OTHER boat." That immediately reveals you as someone who has probably eaten caviar before. Below is a list of some of the best ones. Read them and plot your eventual storming of Versailles. May we all be able to use "summer" as a verb.

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    What's a phrase somebody may say that indirectly indicates that they're wealthy?
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    Socalgardenerinneed 16h ago • I was in a group setting for new parents, and one of them said, and I quote: "we took our baby out on the small boat". Very nice people, but own both a small and apparently large boat.
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    • kingcorning 14h ago Had a classmate when I was about ten who was telling me all about the summer him, his parents, and his brother had in Switzerland. Then, out of nowhere, he asks me "What's your favorite part of Switzerland?" When I told him I'd never been before he seemed genuinely baffled, didn't even believe me at first, then asked "Why?" I said "Well we probably can't afford it" and the look on his face told me that such a concept had never even occurred to him.
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    1d0m1n4t3 · 17h ago • When discussing finances and they say we do okay they typically do better than you would expect
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    • pipay1291 16h ago I got this guy extra sauces at my job and he slipped me a $20.
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    readsalotman • 16h ago They're "retired" but in their 30s.
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    its-hav... • 17h ago • Edited 8h ago . "Yeah we got a little place on the water," Edit: yeah, you don't have to be rich to own some lakeside or riverfront property, but this comment is best understood by hearing it in person. It's the way they say it. "Little" is not what it is btw.
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    NYC_DILF 15h ago • Any activity that takes place at "The Club" or any reference to "The Yacht Club". IRL, my childhood bedroom window looked out at the yachts docket at one of the neighborhood yacht clubs.
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    vftgurl123 15h ago referring to your ivy league. education only by its city name "yes i went to new haven for my undergraduate degree and then boston for my medical"
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    TidyTomato 18h ago . When they use seasons as verbs.
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    • • Grantag... 15h ago Edited 1h ago "Everyone should have one tux" A coworker said that. He was around 25 at the time I think. When we expressed our disbelief, he pushed back: "What if you have to go to a black-tie wedding?"
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    His immediate family wasn't rich, but his extended family was. He clearly didn't realize how rare black-tie weddings actually are for people who don't have millionaires in the family.
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    adz86aus 17h ago Student job at uni, some rich kid; "why do you even work for fun, just ask your parents to give you more money".
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    • Euphori... 17h ago ⚫ Edited 5h ago • How much can a banana cost?....$10.00?
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    Worried_Place_917 13h ago Preface: I'm not rich but had plenty saved up to feel safe if emergencies happened. But a coworker asked me if I noticed my deductions were wrong on a paycheck because his were off by like $20. I replied that I dind't know it was a pay week. Apparently that's what it took for him to assume I was loaded.
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    corncocktion • 17h ago It's in our trust
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    berrymommy • 11h ago The word "Just". "just do this / just buy that just pay for that" when giving advice. The answer is so simple to them because like 80% of the time, money can solve problems or make them easier. The answer is obvious to them because they have the money to say it.
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    Highes... • • 14h ago Edited 13h ago My SIL when she was married to a pretty rich guy (lots of savings and makes 450k a year, he doesnt work much though) -Just do IVF (when describing my fertility struggles) -Oh you got a Tesla? (when my husband said he was shopping for a new car and about to make a purchase)
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    -Whole Foods is the only worthy grocery store -I'll just hire someone to help so I am not delirious (when she had a young kid who wouldn't sleep well overnight) -I buy all my clothing at boutiques to support local stores because I hate Target, Walmart, Amazon (nice in theory but I'd go broke quickly)
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    -I only buy my meat at local butcher shops (very expensive where I live) -Montessouri schools are the only schools we consider (type of bougie preschool) Her 6 year old when staying the week with my husband and I kept asking "what is work?" She literally didnt understand that most kids' parents actually have to work and we couldnt stay home to play with her all day.
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    Ctrl-Alt-Dad • 17h ago "Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?"
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    Pheighthe 16h ago They have no opinion on which gas station has the best price this week.
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    emceerez 16h ago • They ski or snowboard a lot
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