culturally

culturally advantaged

euphemism Wealthy; elite. This event is only for the culturally advantaged members of society, so you common folk are not welcome here. Monica was born into a rather, ah, culturally advantaged family, so I wouldn't be too worried about her future. They used to be culturally advantaged, but that was before the economy crashed and their business closed.

See also: advantage, culturally

culturally deprived

euphemism Impoverished; lower class. Culturally deprived people like us are shunned from a lot of places on this side of town. We were culturally deprived growing up, so each one of my siblings and I understood the value of a hard-earned paycheck by the time we left school. We have the prestigious family name to think about, so, no, I don't want my son dating a girl who's culturally deprived.

See also: culturally

culturally disadvantaged

euphemism Impoverished; lower class. Culturally disadvantaged people like us are shunned from a lot of places on this side of town. We were culturally disadvantaged growing up, so each one of my siblings and I understood the value of a hard-earned paycheck by the time we left school. We have the prestigious family name to think about, so, no, I don't want my son dating a girl who's culturally disadvantaged.

See also: culturally, disadvantaged

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culturally advantaged

Euph. rich; upper-class. I can't deny I had a culturally advantaged upbringing. The charity appealed to culturally advantaged people to donate time and money to those less fortunate.

See also: advantage, culturally

culturally deprived

 and culturally disadvantaged

Euph. poor; lower-class. Joe is working at a summer camp for culturally deprived children. Jane grew up in a culturally disadvantaged neighborhood.

See also: culturally

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